A gardening expert has issued a warning over a popular plant that could actually prove to be "highly invasive" and lead to damage to your property.
13.09.2023 - 08:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A full-scale invasion of Asian hornets in England is 'inevitable', experts have warned. And the country is 'ill-prepared' for the arrival of the deadly insect which has already conquered parts of Europe.
Experts say the wider public needs to 'wake up' to the dangers of the Asian hornet, which is ruining public events such as fun-runs and destroying grape crops in France. This season a total of 37 nests in 30 different locations in the UK - dwarfing figures from any previous year.
And in a presentation to the British Beekeeping Association, Andrew Durham said lessons from the continent needed to be urgently learnt - and said public money would ultimately be needed to help fight the battle. Mr Durham said: "How long can our luck last? Well with 37 nests in 30 locations as of today I guess our luck has run out.
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"It is a fundamental mistake to think the Asian hornet is only a problem for beekeepers because it misjudges the impact this invasion is going to have eventually on, not just on beekeepers, but undoubtedly on everyone. For the potential scale of the problem - we don't have to go far to see that."
Mr Durham said in France they had seen the doubling of nests right across the country last year. Departments previously untroubled by hornets were reporting 'significant activity." He said the hornet first arrived on European shores in 2004 when a patch of pottery was delivered to a garden centre housing a hibernating Asian hornet Queen.
He added: "Unfortunately, they did not know the impact the hornet was to have - there was very little published information so no alarm bells were ringing or any real attempt to do anything about
A gardening expert has issued a warning over a popular plant that could actually prove to be "highly invasive" and lead to damage to your property.
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