Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 5848
Hornets
Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 11 October 2024
Question
Dan Norris
Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate the risk from Asian hornets to bees.
Answer
Mary CreaghContingency action has been taken against the Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) since the first GB incursion in 2016. Contingency action is delivered on the ground by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU). The NBU have located and destroye...
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