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Honeybee pests and diseases.
 #8827  by Chrisbarlow
 10 Sep 2020, 21:18
asian hornet confirmed sighting in gosport, hampshire dated ..article dated 10/9/20

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8718899/Asian-hornet-spotted-Hampshire-experts-warned-plague.html
 #8829  by AndrewLD
 11 Sep 2020, 08:13
Well at least it is in a mainstream paper and who said there is no such thing as bad publicity?
I sat in on a Zoom meeting with Lynne Ingram as speaker on the Asian Hornet and commend the work of the Somerset beekeepers in promoting AHATs.
She did say that Asian Hornet numbers had dropped this year in Galicia and the Channel Islands but one of the departments I monitor in Brittany is warning of a record year!
I have seen lots of wasps, which is what I expected but few hornets (so far).....
 #8831  by Chrisbarlow
 11 Sep 2020, 09:19
@Andrew

Same here, a mass of wasps, far more than normal, they started earlier as well but then dipped in the middle bizarrely.

I've not seen one european hornet and I've not caught any in traps either. Most years I'll catch one maybe two in wasp traps