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It does nothing of the sort. Where's the 'ecological' analysis to support the conclusions of the report? Don't see any prey distribution data or habitat analysis. Just more sensationalism to allow trolls to spread panic. The distribution seen this year in the UK is commensurate with pre-mated...

I appreciate there is a lot of confusion but that's because we have individuals posting from different territories without regard to the topographical and ecological differences between the territories and without regard to the prevailing conditions of infestation. The issue of competition is...

Unlikely but I hope they are (if they're about). That way they'll expend their reserves and die from starvation.......unless of course they're fed too early. Ohhh! Another reason why spring monitoring is naively foolish.

The guide is from 2021 and out dated. One can create monitoring stations from traps by removing restrictions that would otherwise catch visiting vespines. Use of sponges, absorbent tissue or cloth is important to prevent accidental drowing. It's important not to kill velutina at monitoring...

Selective not specific. Beyond naive stupidity. Using such traps now when the probability of catching any velutina queens is for all intents and purposes zero is ecologically irresponsible because all it will do is create the space for velutina to invade at outbreak points. If you want velutina...

How's it going in Perpignan? Did you have a bad year with velutina? Doesn't it strike you as odd that with all of the espoused spring trapping going on the situation is only getting worse? Doesn't it also strike you as odd that you've seen a fall in numbers of indigenous species? The situation...

We certainly do need to do our bit. The problem is that there are so many actors with vested hidden interests it is difficult for ordinary folk to know what to do for the best and who ordinary folk can trust in this post truth world? Take plastics as an example. Food and drinks manufacturers...

ApiOxalic? I did hear a lot of ecstatic moooing but I thought that was just the farmer putting the hay out!

Noah could've done us a favour. Like overlooking varroa, hive beetles and velutina!

Makes one appreciate the beauty of nature. Thank you for sharing. Great job!

Yep. And it still wouldn't touch the numbers I've seen at unprotected sugar refineries. 2 acre hard standing of spilled sugar. Literally hundreds of wasps per cubic metre of air. Face masks obligatory to avoid inhaling wasps and yellow vis ppe prohibited for fear of fatality risk.

Heaven forbid we now call it the French hornet seeing as how it's now established in France. Vespa velutina nigrithorax will probably still offend. And how dare we call Crabro the European hornet. Seems to me that people are very selective about what offends them. A quick dose of Ricky Gervais...

Sure looks like trapping has made an impact.

Oh crap! Sorry guys. My research was incomplete. FC is illegal. It breaks Godwin's law.

Define release? The prosecuting party (if ever there was one) would have a hard time proving that a worker having been treated with fipronil and consequently is destined to die because of that treatment, is being "released" into the environment. What is more the process does not require capture...

I understand the point that you were trying to make but in the case of FC there simply isn't any law to disregard. Put it another way, if a beekeeper were to use FC privately then there is no law presently on the statutes that the beekeeper could be prosecuted under as far as I can see. (Same...

Respectfully I'd have to disagree on two grounds. Firstly there are licensed equivalents so there is no mitigation for using an unlicensed uncontrolled product. Secondly, OA is used to treat honeybee infestations and therefore falls under the VMR. There is no licensed equivalent to FC and it's...

As far as I'm aware we have not had confirmation of surviving mated foundresses from UK nests. As far as I'm aware we have also not had confirmation of sexuals being released in the UK (unless I've missed that piece of news). It's not just climate it's also topography which between the two...

Ask yourselves why VV hasn't spread further East on mainland Europe?

Fipronil custard will not work on a mature nest. Its whole premise is to kill the queen to stop the development of the nest before any sizeable brood is produced and most especially before any sexuals are set down (I was going to say laid but that would be a bit too Carry On!) So FC needs to be...