apiary notes
here are the monitoring trap instructions that Mark Hobday, our Asian Hornet coordinator, presented at the branch meeting on 19th February. There is also an accompanying pdf presentation, with lots more information, that has been sent to all members by email, and can be requested by email to asianhornet@canterburybeekeepers.org.uk
If you haven’t already heard, the first Asian hornet sighting has been confirmed by the NBU, who report that the sighting was in a vineyard near Gosport in Hampshire. Live tracking of the hornets is underway and the NBU hope to find the nest soon. This is the first confirmed UK sighting since October 2019, when two…
Please find attached a long document from Sam Day, our Kent BKA Asian Hornet guru, with some covering notes from our branch “Asian Hornet Action Team”. It’s a long but worthwhile read on what we’ve learnt in the last two years about Asian Hornets in the UK (and beyond).
An Asian hornet sighting was confirmed in the Tamworth area of Staffordshire on 2 September 2019. Read more about it in this letter from BBKA.
Here is some basic information on the habits and biology of the non-native species, the asian hornet (Vespa velutina). This is an invasive species that provides threats to beekeeping, native insect populations, and potentially to human health. Here are some recommendations we hope all beekeeping members of Canterbury branch can act upon: “recognise and report”
