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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Coverage of North Carolina Department of Agriculture in the Nexus archive.
- North Carolina officials race to find and destroy yellow-legged hornet nests
The yellow-legged hornet, an invasive species from Asia, has been confirmed in North Carolina, threatening local honeybee populations. State agriculture officials are working to locate and destroy nests before fall, while beekeepers use homemade traps to monitor activity.