Ryedale Beekeepers Association
For those that live in Ryedale and keep, or are interested in, bees…
As of 30 July, the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has received further credible reports of YLH. To date there have been 82 sightings in 2026 resulting in the identification of 21 nests. The nests confirmed…
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The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has received three further credible reports of Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) sightings last week.On 4 July, a householder in Ramsgate, Kent reported an active nest in their shed. The Animal and…
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The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has received three further credible reports of Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) sightings this week. On 19 June, a member of the public reported multiple hornets inside an industrial unit in Southampton,…
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The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has received two further credible reports of Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) sightings this week.A beekeeper reported a hornet in Folkestone, Kent on 8 June. The hornet, likely to be a queen,…
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The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has received three further credible reports of Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) sightings this week.A sighting of a hornet associated with a bumblebee nest in a bird box was reported in Tunbridge…
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The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has received five further credible reports of Yellow-Legged Hornet (YLH) sightings this week. One sighting was reported in Shirley, Southampton on 22 May by a member of the public. The…
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The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) informed us that they had received: A report, previously shared on 1st May 2026, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire has also been reclassified as the first embryo nest of 2026.
In December 2025 Defra confirmed that the NBU will not be asked to carry out spring trapping for YLH in England in 2026. This decision was taken in response to the high number and geographic spread of later season nest…
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NBU update – 5 further credible Yellow-legged Asian hornet reports (26–28 April) in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Hampshire. All were single hornets, and at this time of year are unlikely to be linked to nests, so no further action is planned…
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The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) informed BBKA that they had received a report of Yellow-Legged Hornets in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire made on 13th March 2026. The person who reported the sighting found several dead hornets which…
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