Еxperts from Cork Uni are concerned global warming may divert asian hornets to Ireland. The predators are known to be destructive to beekeepers and honey production.
Еxperts from Cork Uni are concerned global warming may divert asian hornets to Ireland. The predators are known to be destructive to beekeepers and honey production.
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*Buzz* feed? Clear bee psy-op. Another attack on hornets. We are not immune to bee propaganda.
They’re gonna make a bee-line for us
Australia has the right approach with this, taking it seriously.
Remember the African Killer Bees hysteria of the early 1990’s, did they ever come here in the end? Or were we just jumping on an American media bandwagon? Plus ça change…
Beekeeper here
https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/63eaf-npws-confirms-first-discovery-of-a-live-specimen-asian-hornet-in-ireland/
This thing is real.
We’ve also had to adapt to another honeybee predator in the last few years – the varroa mite.
Honeybees are an important native pollinator in Ireland (but not in the USA, hence the vast amount of “invasive honeybee” bollox that Irish beekeepers have to put up with) and loss of honeybee population on these islands would have a serious impact on agriculture and wildlife.
It’s also a wasp as big as your thumb with a mean attitude. I wouldn’t want them in Ireland even if I wasn’t a beekeeper
It’s a real concern but just a sidenote that photo is of a giant Asian hornet, which hasn’t made it to Europe yet. That’s the one that’s caused havoc in the US. The Asian hornets that would affect us are big but actually smaller than our native ones.
Edit: actually on second check that could be an Asian hornet. They do look similar to their much bigger cousins and I’m just used to sensationalism using the photos of giant ones! Mea Culpa.
The temperatures in Europe at the moment are just ridiculous. Summer temperatures in Poland and Austria. 25c in bilbao. We are so screwed. Killer hornets will be the least of our worries.
Asian hornets – I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Don’t forget them lovely spiders that come with fruit too, they’ll get to survive too.
Ah buzz feed. The website that made a whole generation of women shame men for sitting in a way that doesn’t squeeze their testicles together.