A hornet doing what hornets do 🤷♂️
That said, while European hornets (Vespa crabro; 🇩🇪 Hornisse) do occasionally eat honey bees, as I suspect this one is, they don't destroy whole colonies like invasive Asian hornets will, & indeed are sometimes used to protect hives from wax moths.
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@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social Also, the hornets no longer get food in their hive at that time as the annual cycle winds down and thus, must hunt for food more aggressively. Soon the queens will search for a place to hibernate and the last workers die.