Last year the National Bee Unit found and destroyed 72 Asian hornet nests Bee inspectors in the South East are battling to destroy Asian hornet nests before new queens hatch later this month.

The dissection of Asian hornet nests is being carried out to inform the strategy used to manage the invasive species in Guernsey. The species, which feeds on honeybees and other pollinators ...

To do so, first entomologists had to find the hornets' nests. Finding the nests can be a challenge, because the hornets typically build their nests in forested areas, often in an underground cavity, ...