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Brits are being warned of an invasion of yellow-legged Asian hornets just days after a nest was found. The British Beekeepers Association has confirmed a single hornet and embryo nest was ...
Last year, a total of 24 nests were found, destroyed and taken to a laboratory - where scientists studied the contents to learn more about the insects. Asian hornet queens can hibernate overwinter ...
There is an estimated 500,000 Asian hornet nests in France. To make matters worse, in 2022 France experienced a 'surge year' which caused the Asian hornet population to grow rapidly. It was ...
Alderney's Asian Hornet group's administrator David Jarolík reminded members to check their traps regularly and look out for primary nests which would have been made by queens. Sark, too ...
In 2023, a record 72 Asian hornet nests were found in the UK, with numbers falling to 24 in 2024 thanks to the colder spring temperatures. However, thanks to the high temperatures felt across the ...
Typically, Asian hornets aren’t usually aggressive toward humans unless they feel provoked or their nest is disturbed. Staying calm and still, or moving away slowly and smoothly, is your best strategy ...
The first Asian hornet nest of 2025 has been discovered in Langley, Kent. Environmental experts are issuing an urgent national warning about a possible explosion in the invasive species' numbers ...
The nation's first Asian Hornet nest of the year has been discovered, and warnings have already been sent out. While the first individual hornet was found in March, the first full Asian Hornet nest ...
"It's all down to the hours of checking traps by all the volunteers, so pat yourselves on the back and hope, as I do, that the more caught now must translate into fewer nests later." On Friday, the ...