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[North End Bees]

God help the wood wasps!

That was my first thought too

 

[bpmurray]

I think you'll find that Vespa Orientalis is already in Europe

Oh yes, it is. I was in Zakynthos a few weeks ago and was surprised at the number - they were everywhere.

 

[North End Bees]

I'm a bit disappointed that our national association don't appear to have spent a few quid having thousands of these posters printed and sent them out with the usual monthly comic for every member to find somewhere to site at least one and perhaps request a few more for the cost of postage - particularly in the areas that are most at risk. Not everyone has a colour printer. but printing in quantity is relatively cheap in large quantities and there should be posters everywhere. I'll be having word with our AH Coordinator next time I see him.

Have a word with your AH coordinator and ask him why he's not ordered a bulk load for your association to hand out.
They've been free to order for the past several years.
Our BKA gets enough to give one to every member every year, not just the double sided colour prints but also some laminated versions.

 

[polomadh]

I'm a bit disappointed that our national association don't appear to have spent a few quid having thousands of these posters printed and sent them out with the usual monthly comic for every member to find somewhere to site at least one and perhaps request a few more for the cost of postage - particularly in the areas that are most at risk. Not everyone has a colour printer. but printing in quantity is relatively cheap in large quantities and there should be posters everywhere. I'll be having word with our AH Coordinator next time I see him.

Well I thought they had printed up 2,000 AH posters for each association and were handing them out at the Spring Convention to the coordinators, so perhaps your coordinator has distributed them