"... the nest will educate county residents at next week’s Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden before reaching its final destination – the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C."
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Property owners do not have to do anything other than allow WSDA staff to place the traps and check them every week or 2.
DNA testing and the color variation of the specimen indicate it is not a relative to specimens found in Whatcom County and Canada.
"Asian giant hornets feed on insects and are of particular concern to beekeepers because they are capable of quickly destroying honeybee hives."
More than 500 Asian giant hornet specimens in various stages of development were collected.
"So we had a developing nest with both queens and workers as well as a new brood that was still developing within the nest."
"The nest, which was located in a tree trunk, was sealed, vacuumed and then injected with carbon dioxide to asphyxiate whatever remained in the cavity."
Officials had been expecting to locate nests in the ground.
"The nest is inside the cavity of a tree located on private property."