Increase in Asians coming from France

[drfchound]

From the RSPB website:

“ Asian Hornets were inadvertently brought to France in 2004, most likely in a shipment of goods imported from east Asia. Since arriving in France, the species has spread rapidly. It is now present across France and is moving into adjoining countries.
The Asian Hornet is a non-native species in the UK, as it hails from east Asia and could not arrive in the UK naturally.
The concern around the Asian Hornet is that it is a significant predator of bees. In France, it has consumed large numbers of bees, including the well-known European honey bee and many lesser-known solitary and colonial bee species. Nature conservation organisations, including the RSPB, are concerned about the impacts of Asian Hornets on bees, as these pollinating species are an essential component of well-functioning ecosystems”

There has been significant rises in sightings of the Asian Hornet in the UK.

[Usher wide.]

They’re swarming in Blackburn.

[Smyth]

Will they be as damaging to the native population as grey squirrels were for the red?

[andy didcott]

Cheeky buggers, be setting up colonies and no go areas next.

[Bentley Bullet]

Send the buggers back.

[drfchound]

Will they be as damaging to the native population as grey squirrels were for the red?

Undoubtedly. 

[tommy toes]

Maybe they’ll join forces with the WASPI women.

[Usher wide.]

Will they be as damaging to the native population as grey squirrels were for the red?

Undoubtedly.

In that case, we’ve got to go for the nuts.