Really? This is super interesting. I have been stressing out about when the swarms of murder bees reach me here in the north still in 2020s and you are telling me this is one of the few things I didn't need to worry about...

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

You're thinking of hornets, not bees.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

No, I was definitely thinking about bees so...

Yay, new anxiety!

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Nope, they’re just reacting to old news

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee

And I also never heard that it was bracism all along. I always wondered why that faded from public consciousness

Which is scariest? Particularly brutal hornets or swarms of aggressive bees? One bad sting or uncountable stings?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 5 days ago

No, no there was a lot of clickbait about this event in the media he's referring to:

It was also found in the Pacific Northwest of North America in late 2019,[6][7] with a few more additional sightings in 2020,[8][9] and nests found in 2021,[10][11] prompting concern that it could become an invasive species,[12][Ala 1] but in December 2024, the species was announced to have been eradicated completely from the United States.[13]