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

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]