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    Amaranth reacted to polomadh's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    In response to the “what should I tell my 15 members to be doing at the next meeting” and what should hobby BK’s be doing in areas where...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    R Dartington: there is plenty your members can be doing now. No need for them to be complacent. Most importantly, they can be signing up...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    I can’t vouch for other BBKA articles, but I can truthfully vouch for the tracking guide as mentioned above, under AH resources. It is...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    The NBU approach is to trap within 3 miles of a suspected (last year) nest that reached maturity and would have released new queens. The...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    R Dartington - It is encouraging that you are using good background knowledge to speculate, not just wild speculation. Having said that...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    Yes that’s a good point, you could use a protein bait to keep bees away from it. But bait for ingestion would still kill European...
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    Amaranth reacted to rdartington's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    No, bees will not take in bail with fipronil as the bait is meat or fish - attractive to hornets but not insects seeking sweets, like...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    The link given by Mintbee on Tuesday, to the tutorial on making bait stations, is now out of date and Colin has yet to update the...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    If it did eventually come down to using fipronil, the point of the custard painted on to the thorax is that the carrier hornets do not...
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    Amaranth reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Yes you have. Velutina is not established in the UK so there is no justification to use FC. Far better to get the NBU involved because...
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    Amaranth reacted to boywonder's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    All good - in relation to sizing indications, I guess - but you are still going to have a cohort of fatigued, stressed and...
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    Amaranth reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Damnation? Hardly, I advised on how to 'formulate' FC used overseas where there was an overwhelming infestation. Very successfully I...
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    Amaranth reacted to Bettenham's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    I fully agree with you on this process and it is how I'm going to proceed. What confused me is this statement from Karol who has been my...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    Bettenham, if you see an AH on your bait as early as March, then it will be a queen so kill it (and keep, as you say, to report) right...
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    Amaranth replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    Triangulation needs to be done with bait stations where hornets can come and go freely, NOT traps. Traps hinder tracking of nests. This...
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