Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 5848

Hornets

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 11 October 2024

Question

Dan Norris

IndependentNorth 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 Creagh
Contingency 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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