Asian hornet detection

[fatshark]

"Not possible to identify the origin"? ... I wonder if they mean 'which lorry load it came in', or the genetic origin?

Interesting phrase to describe the 2016 outbreak ... dealt with can be taken to mean satisfactorily concluded, or simply 'dealt with' which implies activity but no conclusion. Time will tell but if I were a betting man ...

[gavin]

I would imagine they mean 'which lorry'. Fera/NBU/whatever they're called looked at the genetic origin of the English hornets and there is good collaboration between the SG and York so I would imagine there's a PCR machine whirring as we type. However 'I know nothing!' as Andrew Sachs once said.

Yes, there was a lot of activity around Tetbury but there could still be Asian hornets out there somewhere.

[fatshark]

[gavin]

Nearly posted that myself ... but I really do know nothing (more).

[busybeephilip]

I managed to catch and kill a few queen wasps that were flying about, would gavin or someone like to give instructions to members as to how to build hornet traps and esp the best bait and where best to source components to use (as a non drinker I'm not sure which beer to use )

Here is the trap http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/downl...ent.cfm?id=869

need beer ?

[gavin]

If your ambition is to trap queens then this is a good and relatively inexpensive way to do so. It doesn't have to be a lethal trap, I'm told, if you empty it daily. Plans are afoot to use this trap in surveillance in Scotland.

https://www.thorne.co.uk/index.php?r...roduct_id=7426

Spring and summer trapping differs. I understand that honey is attractive to queens but I'd just go for the lures from Veto or Thornes, made up as instructed.

[busybeephilip]

1st trap made now off to lidl for the bait