Asian Hornet Watch

[Api:Cultural @apiculturalLdn]

Allot of confusion online about Asian hornets. The one we have invading the UK is second from left ‘yellow legged Asian hornet’ to the left of it is a common wasp, to the right our native hornet and the big one in centre is the giant Asian hornet which is not found in Europe.

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@Goneracingagain No, a lovely European Hornet. 😊

[BBKA @britishbee]

https://t.co/MyoTklS9dw

[BBKA @britishbee]

51 nests in 43 locations

Essex
A nest found Southend-on-Sea

Kent  
A nest found Tenterden
A nest found St Margaret’s Bay area

Active operations near Dover
Monitoring 3 locations in Kent

North Yorkshire
Monitoring in Yarm

East Sussex
Monitoring in Eastbourne

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@LucyDudley98 @P_Schooler @BlackDogHoney @apimondia @britishbee @APHAgovuk @DefraGovUK @plymouthcc @BeeFarmersAssoc @NationalHoney @BeekeepersHour @dartmoornpa @BrittanyFerries It looks like a mimic hoverfly, but it’s hard to tell without a clearer image.

[BlackDogHoneyBees @BlackDogHoney]

Well, that's it!
The #AsianHornet has been found in #Plymouth.

If you have bees in Plymouth, please check your hives.

If you have a garden, land, hedgerows, outbuildings, trees, caravans, trailers, or sheltered storage, please check for nests.

(Pictures from a branch member)

[BeeCraft @BeeCraftMag]

A sighting, not yet confirmed by NBU, of an #Asianhornet (Vespa velutina) in #Plymouth yesterday, about 800m from the dockyard. The suspect insect was seen attacking bees sniffing around a solar wax extractor. Photos were taken and reported through the Asian hornet smartphone app

[BBKA @britishbee]

Asian hornet Dover, Kent

On Thursday 22nd June a small primary nest of Asian hornets was reported to the NBU.

This is the earliest date in the season that a nest has ever been found in Great Britain.

The full article is available here: https://t.co/k66VQizn2K

[BBKA @britishbee]

Unconfirmed report of Asian hornet near Canterbury, Kent, posted on Facebook by Melo Bees

[BBKA @britishbee]

Three Asian Hornets confirmed in Rayleigh in Essex after they were found by BBKA Asian Hornet Action Team (AHAT) member & captured. It comes a month after a confirmed sighting of a single hornet in Chelmsford a few miles north of Rayleigh #bees #beekeeping https://t.co/CKAcRer2hK

[Dr Jess Minett @jessica_minett]

It’s #AsianHornetWeek! Check out @gmh_jones new blog to find out all about #AsianHornets, how to ID them, why they are such a problem and much more! #InvasiveSpecies #EcosystemInvaders @InvasiveSp @HornetWatch @britishbee @BESInvasionSci @NBU_APHA @WTSWW @welshbee

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@JaneyN123 Hi there, this looks like one of our native European hornets. A couple of key identifiers are the yellow face, reddish brown legs and reddish brown thorax. Asian Hornets have an orange face, black thorax and yellow legs. 🐝

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@29Nolan Hi Jeff, it’s nothing to worry about. It looks like a harmless mimic hoverfly, probably the hornet mimic, hence the resemblance. 😊🐝

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@samiab9 That’s OK then. 😊 The one on the left is our native European hornet. They don’t harm bees. 🐝

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@samiab9 Hi Samia, did it look like the hornet on the left, or was it more like the hornet on the right?

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@britishbee Please make any local associations aware. We don’t have a confirmed siting, but always better safe than sorry. Thank you to Mike for reporting. 🐝

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@MjH_Arch_Tech Hi Mike, I know you have probably already checked, but have you compared to pictures of our native European hornet?

We haven’t received any reports of Asian Hornets in that area, though that doesn’t mean they are not there!

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@BigSpoonBear Apologies for the late reply, we had missed this one. It was definitely not an Asian Hornet. 🙂

[Asian Hornet Watch @HornetWatch]

@VickyAylesbury A lovely European hornet. 😊

[YISF_InvasiveSpecies @YISF__INNS]

Two confirmed sightings of Asian Hornet this year at Ascot, Berkshire and at Portsmouth, Hampshire on the 8th & 29th October. Both nests have been destroyed. Report sightings at https://t.co/DARZLMrQir. Image ©Muséum de Toulouse/Didier Descouens-2013 - CC BY-SA 4.0