Last year (2019), several of these alien species were discovered in mainland UK and over 80 nests destroyed in Jersey alone. These hornets predate all flying insects - bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, moths, dragonflies.

Please check your sheds, garages, lofts and wood piles now. Look at tree canopies when you are out. Download the Asian Hornet Watch App on to your phones, check the pics and report any sighting of old or early nests or emerging queens (the first has been found already in Jersey). We need and will very much appreciate the help of the general public to control any outbreak. Most sightings in Jersey have come from non-beekeepers. Di Cook - local beekeper