Ryedale Beekeepers Association
For those that live in Ryedale and keep, or are interested in, bees…
Update on the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit’s (NBU) work against yellow-legged Asian hornet (YLH), week ending 18th July. As of 17 July, the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) informed us that they…
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The latest BBKA Spring Convention 2025 lecture to be released is Peter Davies, Operational Delivery Lead for yellow-legged Asian hornets, National Bee Unit.This lecture is a must see for members of BBKA Yellow-legged Asian hornet teams as well as others.
Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit’s (NBU) yellow-legged Asian hornet (YLH) update week ending 4th July. 7 further credible reports of YLH’s. This means that currently there has been a total of 52 sightings in 2025. KentFive of…
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A credible report of a single Yellow-legged hornet sighted in Mordon, County Durham on 28 May 2025. The insect was observed flying from a polytunnel, and a photo has been attached by the reporting member of the public. This represents…
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The first Asian hornet queens have been caught in the Channel Islands. See the attached link to the BBC website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-68779503
Fresh from the BBC website there is news of a recent development in Asian hornet detection technology…check the link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-68717793
There is a new Asian Hornet film from France which is worth a viewing. Check it out on the Asian Hornet page.
There are two new posters from BBKA on the Asian hornet. Links are on the Asian Hornet page.