{"679314":{"#nid":"679314","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Could Eradicated \u0027Murder Hornets\u0027 Invade the U.S. Again? ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive years after the\u0026nbsp;\u0022murder hornet\u201d (\u003Cem\u003EVespa mandarinia\u003C\/em\u003E,) was first spotted in Washington state, the U.S. has declared the invasive species eradicated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn an article published in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/murder-hornets-eradication-3262802\/\u0022\u003EFuturity,\u003C\/a\u003E Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-goodisman\u0022\u003EMike Goodisman\u003C\/a\u003E explained that\u0026nbsp;eradicating the \u201cmurder hornet\u201d will help the U.S. avoid a potential agricultural and commercial disaster due to the murder hornet\u2019s threat\u0026nbsp;to the already-declining honeybee population.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA threat to the honeybee population would be a commercial disaster,\u201d Goodisman says. \u201cHoneybees are critical in agriculture for pollinating a great variety of the foods we eat, and if we don\u2019t have these pollinators, then we wouldn\u2019t have many of the foods\u2014fruits especially\u2014that we are used to.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe eradication of the hornet is a significant achievement, but Goodisman says it\u2019s not a foregone conclusion that they will not re-emerge. Murder hornets can hibernate in various materials, cargo ships, and other commercial transportation, which can unknowingly spread invasive species worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive years after the\u0026nbsp;\u0022murder hornet\u201d (\u003Cem\u003EVespa mandarinia\u003C\/em\u003E,) was first spotted in Washington state, the US has declared the invasive species eradicated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn an article published in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/murder-hornets-eradication-3262802\/\u0022\u003EFuturity,\u003C\/a\u003E Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-goodisman\u0022\u003EMike Goodisman\u003C\/a\u003E explained that\u0026nbsp;eradicating the \u201cmurder hornet\u201d will help the U.S. avoid a potential agricultural and commercial disaster due to the murder hornet\u2019s threat\u0026nbsp;to the already-declining honeybee population.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA threat to the honeybee population would be a commercial disaster,\u201d Goodisman says. \u201cHoneybees are critical in agriculture for pollinating a great variety of the foods we eat, and if we don\u2019t have these pollinators, then we wouldn\u2019t have many of the foods\u2014fruits especially\u2014that we are used to.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe eradication of the hornet is a significant achievement, but Goodisman says it\u2019s not a foregone conclusion that they will not re-emerge. Murder hornets can hibernate in various materials, cargo ships, and other commercial transportation, which can unknowingly spread invasive species worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2025-01-08 19:12:25","changed_gmt":"2025-01-08 19:12:25","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Futurity","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/murder-hornets-eradication-3262802\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173881","name":"Honeybee"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}