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    OldFarm reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    There's little or no money to be made from eradication and time and again I've encountered vested interests plugging 'management'...
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    OldFarm reacted to jenkinsbrynmair's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    can see it happening over here already, certain players spreading fear and panic, basically being economical with the truth on facebook...
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    OldFarm reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    I think you are absolutely correct that this will be year on year. The reason being that there will continue to be a residual reservoir...
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    OldFarm reacted to Karol's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Fipronil laced protein is a static bait devoid of human agency and completely and utterly ecologically irresponsible to the point of...
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    OldFarm reacted to Moobee's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Fipronil is in one of the most popular dog and cat flea treatments with which owners are encouraged to dose their animals with on a...
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    OldFarm reacted to Sutty's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Why kill the queen wasp? You could put the trap in the fridge to immobilise it so you could measure it, rewarm & release.
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    OldFarm replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    The advise on bycatch escape holes changes from time to time. To keep in workers it needs to be 5.5mm; to keep in queens Jersey are...
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    OldFarm reacted to ericbeaumont's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Our association (Epping Forest BKA, a division of Essex) is recommending traps, but then we had a nest on our patch last summer in...
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    OldFarm reacted to boywonder's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    I was going to post on a new thread, but seeing that the AH springtime strategy banter has kicked off here in earnest, in what is an...
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    OldFarm reacted to ericbeaumont's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    Karol's damnation of the use of FC (given current AH UK* status) is understandable, but Old Farm's point is valid: if the NBU wait until...
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    OldFarm replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    Like I said, it was the only research I've found. It explored one use of fipronil, that's all. The system brings some relief from...
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    OldFarm replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    We should be using monitors, that way no bycatch is harmed. If AHs are found to be in the area, set traps, and inspect regularly. If...
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    OldFarm replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    Two completely different systems. There isn't much research on fipronil and Asian Hornets, the pellet system was the only one I found...
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    OldFarm replied to the thread Asian hornet APP.
    Workers start emerging in May. Queens continue to forage, but for how long seems variable. The latest they caught a queen foraging in...
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    OldFarm reacted to Amaranth's post in the thread Asian hornet APP with Like Like.
    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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