"Murder hornets" have been reported for the first time in the US, scientists are now on a raid.

 "Murder hornets" have been reported for the first time in the US, scientists are now on a raid

 Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)

 In a year where everyone minds to get freed from the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time in America the murder hornets have arrived.

The 2-inch (5cm) long Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia) have been seen in Washington state. Multiple stings are dangerous to humans and in their "slaughter phase," the hornets kill honeybees, whose bodies they feed to their young. Scientists are now on a raid for the hornets, expecting to destroy the species before they wipe out US bees.

Although they typically avoid people, in Asia. Scientists also informed that "murder hornet" stings are estimated to cause as many as 50 human fatalities a year, according to the New York Times. The Hornets initiated their first North American appearance in August 2019, in British Columbia, Canada. Months later, in December 2019, the flying insects were recorded south of the border in Washington state.

However the appearance of the hornets has been a question mark to the scientists, several beekeepers have complained about the frightful hive deaths in recent months.

 Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)

With their sharp, spiked mandibles, the hornets execute honeybees, utilizing the bodies to nurture their young. The hornets can ruin a honeybee hive in some hours.

Communities of honeybees and other pollinators in the US were already under pressure. Within 1947 and 2017, the number of honeybee hives in the US descended from 6 million to 2.5 million. And last year, researchers from the University of Maryland stated that 40% of the country's honeybee hives died in a single winter, between October 2018 and April 2019 - the greatest loss of its variety.

Pollinators, most often honeybees, are accountable for one of every three bites of food used in the US, and develop the country's nation crop values every year by more than $15bn (£12bn), according to the US Department of Agriculture. "It was like having red-hot thumbtacks being driven into my flesh," Vancouver Island beekeeper Conrad Bérubé reported the New York Times. He was stung through a bee suit and sweatpants underneath.