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Beekeepers seem to have found a solution to fight against the Asian hornet: Sulfur Dioxide. Technical deemed "effective" by the National Safety Agency (handles), but not yet approved.
Sulfur dioxide has been used for years by beekeepers, was never formally authorized the destruction of Asian hornets, which are predators of bees. The technique used for years by beekeepers is to place a small bottle of sulfur dioxide at the end of a pole and injecting the gas into the nest of hornets.
It has not yet been presented as in a circular sent in May to beekeepers. Three environmentalists elected Southwest sought the handles, before the subject by the Ministry of Ecology for its position. In a publicly elected by the written response, the Director General of the handles says the agency gave "relevant ministries" a notice dated July 23, on the use of sulfur dioxide (SO2).
This review says the head of the handles, concluded that sulfur dioxide is "an effective technique to fight against the Asian hornet." "The impact on the environment and in particular non-target organisms are very limited compared to other techniques of chemical control," it is said.
This response of the handles is a "victory," responded the three elected in a statement. "This is an emergency, the Department of Ecology must now take note of this notice and allow the sulfur dioxide before the Hornet Asian further spread " , they added.
Introduced in the Southwest in 2004 in pottery from China, the Asian hornet is now present in sixty departments
