SEATTLE - Washington state officials said Monday they were again unsuccessful at live-tracking a “murder” hornet while trying to find and destroy a nest of the giant insects.The Washington State Department of Agriculture said an entomologist used dental floss to tie a tracking device on a female hornet, only to lose signs of her when she went into a forest.The hornet was captured on Oct.
5 and kept alive with strawberry jam, which she seemed to enjoy, said Sven Spichiger, a department entomologist.Scientists then tied a tracking device onto her body and released her two days later onto an apple tree.