A switch is flicked, and a pharmacy sign flickers to life with a green glare. But this clinic prescribes seeds, not pills. The glass jars lining the shelves of this compact unit in central Plymouth, on the south coast of England, are filled with cow parsley, red clover, and corn chamomile. It's owned by Pollenize, a social enterprise that uses data analysis to diagnose and treat deficiencies in honeybees. With habitat loss, climate change, agrochemicals, and a new wave of invasive hornets hounding Britain's bee colonies, its founders believe artificial intelligence could be an unlikely trump card.

Sean Cusack, a software engineer at Microsoft and beekeeper on the side, wanted to know if anything besides bees was going into his hives. So he built a tiny photo booth (a sort of bee vestibule) that took pictures whenever something appeared around it. But sorting through thousands of insect portraits proved tedious. Colleagues told him about a new product that the company was working on called Lobe.ai, which allows anybody to train a computer-vision system to recognize objects. Cusack used it to identify his honeybees -- but also to keep an eye out for the dreaded murder hornet.

What do you wear to a "murder hornet" extermination? Since the insects are so dangerous, it doesn't matter how silly the suit looks, but that didn't stop the internet from commenting on it. As previously reported, the first nest of giant Asian hornets, more commonly called "murder hornets," was found in Blaine, Washington, close to the Canadian border last week. Scientists went in on Sunday to destroy the nest in hopes of stopping the invasive species from spreading. They wore white suits that appear to be some type of neoprene.

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Deadly hornets from Asia that measure up to 2 inches long and can wipe out entire honey bee colonies within hours have been spotted for the first time in the U.S. These so-called "murder hornets" represent a threat to the honeybee population. The hornets-which have been blamed for 50 deaths a year in Japan--have been spotted in Washington, and according to the New York Times, can rip through a hive, killing a bee every 14 seconds.