VENICE, CALIFORNIA– A newly arrived foreign insect known as the “murder hornet” was arrested Sunday after he allegedly murdered his next door neighbor in a late night dispute.
Dà Huángfēng, 10 days old, was wanted in connection to the murder of his neighbor, a honeybee who lived three branches over on a Sycamore tree off of Main Street.
According to police, hornet Huángfēng had arrived in the United States only eight days ago from Shaanxi, China on a work visa and within three hours had already allegedly murdered his neighbor after the bee refused to let him enter into his hive.
The victim was allegedly decapitated by Huángfēng and police later identified the bee’s head as Buzz Clover.
Authorities say the hornet went on a rage-fueled killing spree in which he allegedly murdered over two hundred more honey bees by decapitating them before being apprehended by local officers.
Many social justice advocates on Twitter have come to the hornet’s defense by lambasting authorities for their xenophobic treatment of the Asian immigrant insect.
The murder hornet is currently being held inside the Venice Beach Musclebound Justice Center on suspicion of first-degree murder, resisting arrest by stinging officers, and possession of stolen honey.
Officials are asking anyone with information on the location of sixty-nine honeybee heads to contact local authorities.
