“Asian Giant Hornets are native to China as well but most known for inhabiting rural parts of Japan.”
Ha! the story I heard said that the murder hornets came from Japan, cleverly omitting that it, like all other plagues, really came from China.
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About a 100 people a year die from regular bee stings.
https://pest-control.promatcher.com/answers/how-many-people-die-each-year-from-bee-stings-2273