Increased sightings of Asian Hornets have experts concerned for the UK’s bee population. Even though these insects are barely an inch in length, if left uncontrolled a single colony can kill 90,000 bees in a couple of months. The first Vespa Velutina (Asian hornet) spotting was in 2016, which caused beekeepers and scientists have waged a powerful campaign to intervene the harm these hornets could cause to the British ecosystem.