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Subject:	Re: Killer hornets on the way: Asian insects set to reach Britain
From:	Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:49:46 -0000
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>anyone across the pond wish to comment:

>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3468735/Killer-hornets-way-Asian-insects-slaughter-50-bees-day-set-reach-Britain-imported-plants.html

Yes.  Very old news - everyone here thought that it would arrive in 2015 - and, of course, it may have done so.

Why would it arrive with plants?  It could easily fly across the channel with a following wind - plenty of other insects do e.g. huge numbers of hoverflies.

Last but not least, the pictures are of the Mandarin hornet (Vespa mandarinia) - not the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).  Of course the Mandarin hornet makes a much better story for some sectors of the Press as it is far bigger (the Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, is smaller than our native hornet, Vespa crabro).

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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