Asian Hornets Essex

[WoodenBeam]

Just had this notification come through , hopefully it’ll be jumped on & sorted.

https://www.bbka.org.uk/News/three-asian-hornets-confirmed-in-rayleigh-in-essex

 

[WoodenBeam]

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornets-identified-in-essex
Hopefully this link will work - if not just paste & search

 

[Erichalfbee]

hopefully it’ll be jumped on & sorted.

It is

 

[Bluebell1985]

The temperature in Essex has rapidly dropped in the last few days. Hopefully will cause problems for any invasive visitors.

 

[Erichalfbee]

It is

And here is the nest

 

[The Poot]

It’s unfortunate that it’s got that size before being spotted.
Would the queens for next year already be leaving? Do we know if the three hornets found were queens?

 

[WoodenBeam]

Well done to the inspectorate, let’s hope nothing sinister comes from this latest incursion

 

[Erichalfbee]

It’s unfortunate that it’s got that size before being spotted.
Would the queens for next year already be leaving? Do we know if the three hornets found were queens?

Hopefully queens haven’t been released but I’m sure the PM will tell us.
Maybe if they managed to track the flying hornets back to the nest they were indeed workers?

 

[The Poot]

Hopefully queens haven’t been released but I’m sure the PM will tell us.
Maybe if they managed to track the flying hornets back to the nest they were indeed workers?

That sounds feasible- let’s hope so

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Hopefully queens haven’t been released but I’m sure the PM will tell us.

it's been the story so far - every nest found since the first one seems to struggle to produce sexuals, they struggle to build up a secondary colony and by then it's too late to produce queens for the next season

 

[Erichalfbee]

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

small one then

 

[fian]

pequeño entonces

Pues ese suele ser el tamaño aquí en Galicia. Y lo pequeño es relativo cuando se sabe que de ese nido pueden salir un mínimo de 500 a 2000 reinas para la próxima temporada.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I didn't say that! I don't speak German