Picture shows beekeepers at La Miellerie de lAbeiau, undated. Jean-Pierre Torrentelle was introduced to apiculture by his late father and today he manages 115 hives in the region around the small town of Cruzy near Beziers, southern France. (@miellerie.abeiau, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows a northern giant hornet, undated. Officials in the north-western United States are cautiously optimistic after one year with no sightings of the world's largest hornet. (Washington State Department of Agriculture, NewsX/Bee)