Asian Hornets

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Confirmed Asian Hornet secondary nest in Wrexham area, January 2026 We saw one two years back behind Loggerheads cafe in the big bins area, Huge Mother######!, so big we neglected to get a pic for the report, as we missed a pic authorities were not interested.
  • Maximum Flight Capacity: In controlled laboratory studies (flight mills), some workers showed the capacity to fly up to 26 kilometers (over 16 miles) in a single 4-hour session, although this does not represent their typical daily foraging behavior.
  • Homing Ability: Radio-tagging studies have confirmed that foragers can successfully return to their nest from a distance of 5,000 meters (5 km or 3.1 miles).
  • Queen Dispersal: During the spring, new queens can travel up to 60 miles (nearly 100 km) to establish new colonies.
 
Bit worrying that they are nesting but i doubt they can be stopped.
All sighting should be reported, no attempt to kill them should be made
 
finnbear270 said:
Confirmed Asian Hornet secondary nest in Wrexham area, January 2026 We saw one two years back behind Loggerheads cafe in the big bins area, Huge Mother######!, so big we neglected to get a pic for the report, as we missed a pic authorities were not interested.
  • Maximum Flight Capacity: In controlled laboratory studies (flight mills), some workers showed the capacity to fly up to 26 kilometers (over 16 miles) in a single 4-hour session, although this does not represent their typical daily foraging behavior.
  • Homing Ability: Radio-tagging studies have confirmed that foragers can successfully return to their nest from a distance of 5,000 meters (5 km or 3.1 miles).
  • Queen Dispersal: During the spring, new queens can travel up to 60 miles (nearly 100 km) to establish new colonies.
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I think the normal ones are even bigger - hammered me last year and put me in the hospital !
 
Slightly off this Asian Hornet topic, but on the theme of not being believed.............Quite a few years ago I was flighting duck into quite a large pond in Birling. There was an old and falling apart ice house there, out of which suddenly appeared a large bat. The light was falling, but I could see it very clearly, at times only a few yards away from me. Its body was the size of a starling, and it flew in a figure of eight pattern low over the pond. It was a Daubenton's bat.

The following day I telephoned the local bat society to tell them of my sighting, and the location of its roost. They did not believe me, stating that I was mistaken as there were none in Kent, end of story. I offered to take them there, as seeing is believing, but they refused (as there are none in Kent).
 
old 30-06 said:
Slightly off this Asian Hornet topic, but on the theme of not being believed.............Quite a few years ago I was flighting duck into quite a large pond in Birling. There was an old and falling apart ice house there, out of which suddenly appeared a large bat. The light was falling, but I could see it very clearly, at times only a few yards away from me. Its body was the size of a starling, and it flew in a figure of eight pattern low over the pond. It was a Daubenton's bat.

The following day I telephoned the local bat society to tell them of my sighting, and the location of its roost. They did not believe me, stating that I was mistaken as there were none in Kent, end of story. I offered to take them there, as seeing is believing, but they refused (as there are none in Kent).
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I used to do survey work for reptile and bat groups in North Wales. Animals never seem to read up on where they are meant to be 🤣 But it's only the highlands of Western Scotland where Daubenton's bats have not extended their range, they have appeared all over the UK. I bet you had a chuckle at the local know it all group.
 
NP435 said:
Why not? the damm hornets are invasive species
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Because at the moment the only people that can legally kill them are part of FERA.
They follow the workers to the nest and erradicate them all, with out charge to the landnowner.
Killing workers could lead to nests not being controlled properly. Treating nests badly could lead to works going solitary and waste of time and money.
At the moment if asian hormet may be controlled, but if people with knowledge try and help it will become harder.
Euro hornets are a natural part of our environment and pose no threat away from the nest
 
Scarpa said:
European hornets are gentle giants, we often have the odd one fly into our house at night, easy to usher them out.
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Yep. We get the queens flying in the house every year, the odd nest about the place and they pick off the odd honey bee from our hives. But they've not harmed us and are lovely to see along with other wildlife.

I'm keeping my eye out for the invasives and I hope to not see them round here.
 
My view is if you see something rare the best thing is to keep it to yourself.
Less people who know the better. If they are there then leave well alone.
D
 
Cyres said:
My view is if you see something rare the best thing is to keep it to yourself.
Less people who know the better. If they are there then leave well alone.
D
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Asian hornets arent rare they are new invasive species that will destroy honey bee colonies. If you think you see it report it
 
Sorry referring to bats owls and alike. Asian hornets need to be relentlessly pursued and eradicated.
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