- Joined
- Nov 9, 2018
- Messages
- 964
- Reaction score
- 902
- Location
- Rainham, Medway (North Kent) UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 44 plus 17 managed for another
The WhatsApp message just out from Ian Campbell with a Defra update today includes this:
'Genetic analysis has now been completed on the three other queens found at Four Oaks, Kent, and the single individuals at Romford, London, and Ash, Kent. The analysis has indicated that the hornets found at Four Oaks are overwintered offspring of the nest destroyed in Rye, Kent, in November 2023.'
(For some reason, I can't see this on the Defra page yet.)Rye is in East Sussex and not Kent.
Edit: Ian has just posted that Defra made a slip: Rye is in East Sussex and not Kent.
'Genetic analysis has now been completed on the three other queens found at Four Oaks, Kent, and the single individuals at Romford, London, and Ash, Kent. The analysis has indicated that the hornets found at Four Oaks are overwintered offspring of the nest destroyed in Rye, Kent, in November 2023.'
(For some reason, I can't see this on the Defra page yet.)Rye is in East Sussex and not Kent.
Edit: Ian has just posted that Defra made a slip: Rye is in East Sussex and not Kent.