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Because it simply isn't possible to design a trap that is specific to Asian Hornets, other insects will always find a way in, some will...

I wonder how many catch traps, among the thousands that will be eagerly deployed will actually catch a queen Velutina? I also wonder how...

Chris Issacs in Jersey has a hornet observation hive in his conservatory. Chris is quiet about his discoveries, but John De Carteret...

There's little or no money to be made from eradication and time and again I've encountered vested interests plugging 'management'...

can see it happening over here already, certain players spreading fear and panic, basically being economical with the truth on facebook...

I think you are absolutely correct that this will be year on year. The reason being that there will continue to be a residual reservoir...

Fipronil laced protein is a static bait devoid of human agency and completely and utterly ecologically irresponsible to the point of...

Fipronil is in one of the most popular dog and cat flea treatments with which owners are encouraged to dose their animals with on a...

Why kill the queen wasp? You could put the trap in the fridge to immobilise it so you could measure it, rewarm & release.

The advise on bycatch escape holes changes from time to time. To keep in workers it needs to be 5.5mm; to keep in queens Jersey are...

Our association (Epping Forest BKA, a division of Essex) is recommending traps, but then we had a nest on our patch last summer in...

I was going to post on a new thread, but seeing that the AH springtime strategy banter has kicked off here in earnest, in what is an...

Karol's damnation of the use of FC (given current AH UK* status) is understandable, but Old Farm's point is valid: if the NBU wait until...

Like I said, it was the only research I've found. It explored one use of fipronil, that's all. The system brings some relief from...