{"id":1001,"date":"2022-01-09T13:46:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T13:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/?page_id=1001"},"modified":"2024-02-24T17:57:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T17:57:10","slug":"asian-hornets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/?page_id=1001","title":{"rendered":"Asian Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At The DBKA we are looking at how we can be prepared for the inevitable arrival of the Asian Hornet. As of 2024, reports in the south of England are becoming more common, and we expect to be dealing with them in Derbyshire by the end of the decade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asian hornet week 2023\" width=\"1081\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRPucmQ1DkU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-normal-font-size\" id=\"vespa-velutina-sometimes-known-as-the-asian-hornet-is-an-invasive-non-native-species-from-asia-if-you-find-one-you-must-report-it-it-arrived-in-france-in-2004-and-has-spread-rapidly-as-a-highly-effective-predator-of-insects-including-honey-bees-and-other-beneficial-species-it-can-cause-significant-losses-to-bee-colonies-other-native-species-and-potentially-ecosystems\"><em>Vespa velutina<\/em>, sometimes known as the &#8216;Asian hornet&#8217; is an invasive non-native species from Asia. If you find one you MUST report it. It arrived in France in 2004 and has spread rapidly. As a highly effective predator of insects, including honey bees and other beneficial species, it can cause significant losses to bee colonies, other native species and potentially ecosystems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is expected that the places it is most likely to be found in numbers are in southern parts of England (it may be able to cross the channel from France) or in goods among which it could be accidentally imported (such as soil with imported pot plants, cut flowers, fruit and timber).&nbsp; Active between April and November (peak August\/September).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asian-Hornet-UK-poster-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asian-Hornet-UK-poster-edited.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asian-Hornet-UK-poster-edited-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asian-Hornet-UK-poster-edited-420x350.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Asian-Hornet-UK-poster-edited-480x400.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PB41M0-920x613-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004\" style=\"width:505px;height:336px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Asian Hornet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apps are available for reporting sightings of Asian Hornets, <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/asian-hornet-watch\/id1161238813\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/asian-hornet-watch\/id1161238813\">Apple<\/a> here, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=uk.ac.ceh.hornets&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;gl=US\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=uk.ac.ceh.hornets&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;gl=US\">Android<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further information on the Asian Hornet, including how else to report a sighting, can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbka.org.uk\/faqs\/identifying-asian-hornet\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbka.org.uk\/faqs\/identifying-asian-hornet\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At The DBKA we are looking at how we can be prepared for the inevitable arrival of the Asian Hornet. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1123,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1001","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1619,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001\/revisions\/1619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbka.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}