UK government’s states that: ‘Asian hornet poses no greater risk to human health than other wasps.’ Individually they're often non-aggressive. However, stings are very painful and cause severe allergic reactions Don't approach within 10m #asianhornet Video Chris Issacs, Jersey

French research suggests honey bee losses by yellow-legged Asian hornets (YLH) are 30% YLH diet includes beneficial pollinators as protein for their larvae. Two main impacts on honey bees are: Direct predation Stress causes colonies to fail overwinter. Photo: Steve Tomlinson

Interested in the impact of pesticides on bumblebee disease susceptibility? PhD position at the University of Bristol with me and Chris Bass (university of Exeter). Link below. shorturl.at/B40j7

BBKA Webinar Zoom Talk: Asian Hornet - Beekeepers Update, Wed 4th Sept 7 Andrew Durham ‘Beekeepers Update’ for Asian Hornet Week Link us06web.zoom.us/j/88324939286?… Meeting ID: 883 2493 9286 Passcode: 307972 Talk also streamed to YouTube for those unavailable to watch live.

YouTube link youtube.com/watch?v=A_YpwV…

Yellow-legged Asian hornet update webinar by Andrew Durham YouTube link to the online recording youtube.com/watch?v=A_YpwV…

Dr. Sandra V Rojas Nossa, University of Vigo, Galicia, Spain, presents a lecture from the BBKA's Spring Convention 2024, "The Global Establishment and Management of Asian Hornets" Now available on the BBKA's YouTube channel youtu.be/QfZzowbzsJ0

Today's posts look at the organisations and groups that are working together to try to prevent yellow-legged Asian hornets become established in the UK. The issue is not just one for beekeepers but for everyone.

Our University of Exeter, Cornwall researchers work on VespAI mentioned in Nigel Semmence's presentation “Yellow-legged #hornet, aka #AsianHornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax” as part of BBKA's #AsianHornetWeek videos (24:33 –25:43) youtube.com/watch?v=t3dYuz… Thomas O'Shea-Wheller Research at Exeter

In this blog, Seasonal Bee Inspector Lisa Jenkins from APHA’s National Bee Unit (NBU) talks about working with a local Yellow-Legged (Asian) Hornet Team in Dover to track down a nest of this invasive predator. aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2024/09/05/asi…

BBKA Resources The BBKA has ever growing webpages dedicated to yellow-legged Asian hornets Please check out this link to see details of webinars, posters, publicity materials, photos, videos and much more bbka.org.uk/pages/category…

The National Bee Unit is part of Defra and helps protect honey bee health. It's BeeBase website has a huge range of information on yellow-legged Asian hornets. There are sections on background, life cycles, identification, reporting and rolling updates. nationalbeeunit.com/diseases-and-p…

The GB Non-native Species Secretariat has responsibility for coordinating the approach to non-native species in the UK. Their website contains downloadable ID sheets & other information Hard copies of posters are available by emailing [email protected] nonnativespecies.org/non-native-spe…

The NBU's Bee Inspectors are the front line against yellow legged Asian hornets (YLH). They investigate reports with a good photo and track YLH back to their nests for destruction In 2024 Inspectors also set spring traps in high risk areas #asianhornet Photo 2: Peter Down

The public are key to spotting and reporting yellow-legged Asian hornets. The effort of beekeeping associations, the NBU, local authorities, environmental groups and other organisations to raise awareness make a big difference. Thank you 🙂

Four volunteers from the Lincolnshire Beekeepers Association (LBKA) will travel to the islands in mid-September to work with the Jersey Asian Hornet Action Team. BBC News - Beekeepers to learn how to fight Asian hornets bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Today's posts will look at the situation to date in 2024. The wet spring had an impact on many insect species. Currently numbers of yellow-legged Asian hornet nests found are lower than in 2023. Please remain vigilant. Once established it will be extremely difficult to control

BBC News - Race against time in Asian hornet battle bbc.com/news/articles/…

Beekeepers are calling on people to make sure they know how to identify the invasive species, after more than 20,000 false reports of ‘yellow-legged’ Asian hornets last year. londondaily.news/public-urged-t…

BBC South East investigation team examine the issue of yellow-legged Asian hornets bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…