Ryedale Beekeepers Association
For those that live in Ryedale and keep, or are interested in, bees…
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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