honey bees

I’d like to tell you a crime story. But is it still a crime story if it’s about the natural world? I’ll tell it and then let you decide for yourself.

Bees are considered some of the most important animals to humans. Researchers and orchard management teams around the globe are working together to find alternative species to pollinate our crops for food as honey bees are becoming harder to manage. The upcoming meeting explores these alternative pollinators.

Dr. Joseph Wilson knows a little something about Vespa mandarinia, the species commonly called the Asian giant hornet. “These are social wasps, they have…