A headline we all could have seen coming a few years ago once this hornet was discovered. Of course we did not nearly enough at the start so the species could grow and reproduce easily. Then a short burst of we have to keep this under control to a shift that it is too expensive so municipalities didn’t offer removal services for free. Now it’s too late.

Will lessons be learned? Probably not.

Simply lovely…

by insomnia_000

11 comments

  1. Dit natuurlijk ten kosten van alle omliggende gebieden.

    Gaan we dat winnen? ik betwijfel het. zeker als gemeenten aan de grens het opgeven. en dus dan ook een kweekvijver worden.

  3. How do they survive the winter? Isn’t that the best period to strike them?

  5. Reminds me of a clip of Yes, Minister:

    In stage one we say nothing is going to happen.

    In stage two, we say something may be going to happen, but we should do nothing about it.

    In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there’s nothing we can do.

    In stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it’s too late now.

  6. Makkelijk om te zeggen dat het hopeloos is. Terwijl lokale besturen al jaren imkers geen gehoor geven.

    VRT zou zich moeten schamen met headlines zoals de deze. Alles behalve productief, je zou mensen moeten sensibiliseren en aanzetten tot actie(per gemeente). Niet aankondigen dat we er niets aan kunnen doen, wat voor een attitude is me dat.

    /rant

  7. Wasn’t it the other way around really? I heard from Belgian friends and colleagues that if they spot an asian hornet in their backyard, they must pay for the removal themselves? Which means that most people don’t even bother reporting it.

    The step taken in Zeeland is basically given up on the whole tracking and eradication using public funds. While with the information I have, this was already the modus operandi in Belgium.

  8. Het aantal Aziatische hoornaars hier in de streek (BKZ) is de laatste maanden exponentieel gestegen dus ik weet niet of we in België zo goed bezig zijn.

  9. They failed to stop it in France >15 years ago, even the UK is failing to stop the spread, it’s just very challenging to do if you’re not able to throw a lot of cash and people at it. Specially if you want to minimize collateral damage.

  10. Had a nest near my workplace but it was late in the season, by the time a professional exterminator came to have a look, there was no more activity. And this year they had moved on to a different location because we couldn’t find any in the ivy that was crawling with them last year.

  11. Fun fact, die Hollandse provincie is de reden waarom het land New Zealand got it’s name

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