Washington State officials find fourth Asian giant hornet nest

Photo: Washington State Department of Agriculture

Another so-called murder hornets nest has been destroyed just across the border from British Columbia.

State officials indicate that a fourth nest, built by Asian giant hornets north of Seattle close to the Canadian border has been destroyed.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture tweeted out Thursday that the latest nest eradication came east of Blaine, Washington and is the fourth overall and third this year.

Officials said the queen they discovered was a slightly different color and that all the hornets were workers, which means no new nests would be created from it.

Another #AsianGiantHornet nest eradicated, this time with the expert tree-dropping help from @waDNR. This was a queen of a slightly different color! Ten combs to this nest. All workers - no virgin queens or males. pic.twitter.com/ad1ZuIpiJ3

— Washington State Department of Agriculture (@WSDAgov) September 23, 2021