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A biosecurity alert for Ireland has been issued after a confirmed sighting and subsequent capture of an Asian hornet in the ...
The frequency and volume of the sound from the nests of yellow-legged hornets—or Asian hornets—has been established for the ...
Tiny tracking devices, weighing less than 160mg, are being hailed a "game-changer" in the fight against the invasive Asian ...
Researchers have identified the unique sound of Asian hornet nests and say it could be the key to finding and removing them.
The Asian hornet is between 2.5 and 3cm long, with dark antennae, a long orange face, an entirely brown or black thorax and ...
A biosecurity alert has been declared after an Asian hornet was captured in Cork city.
The Irish Beekeepers' Association has warned that Asian hornets could "wreck havoc" as its preferred food is honey bees.
First Cork sighting of invasive Asian hornet highlights risks to Irish honeybees and the need for public vigilance ...
A single nest of Asian hornets can devastate local honeybee populations - the sighting of them in Cork has led to the ...
Beekeeper says honey bees are the preferred food of the hornets as she asked the public to be vigilant when travelling to Ireland by ferry as they are 'very good at piggybacking on human transport' ...
The Irish Beekeepers' Association has warned that Asian hornets could "wreak havoc" as its preferred food is honey bees.
The sighting was first reported to the National Biodiversity Data Centre by a member of a public. A single Asian hornet has ...