Asian Hornet In Ascot

[madasafish]

"

Asian hornet identified in Ascot
Beekeepers and members of the public are being asked to remain vigilant after an Asian hornet was spotted in the Ascot area of Berkshire."

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-identified-in-ascot

 

[Erichalfbee]

That’s the second sighting in the U.K. this year?

 

[Ian123]

Lol better go check my traps

 

[Newbeeneil]

That’s the second sighting in the U.K. this year?

I must have missed the first! Where was it?

 

[pargyle]

That’s the second sighting in the U.K. this year?

Only one I think ...

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...sightings/asian-hornet-sightings-2020#section

 

[Erichalfbee]

I must have missed the first! Where was it?

Just checked. A couple of reports that came to nothing. That’s probably what I was thinking.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

My God! we're inundated!!!

 

[Boston Bees]

My God! we're inundated!!!

Can it drive an HGV?

 

[pnkemp]

Bloody immigrants, coming over here, taking the jobs of hard working native Hornets /s

 

[Ian123]

My sympathies even as a beekeeper are with the hornets if they make it to Slough

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

from Beebase

A beekeeper in the Ascot area of Berkshire filmed live insects near a hive, photographed a dead Vespa velutina