As of 1 October, the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has informed us that it has received further credible reports of YLH. To date there have been 212 sightings in 2026, resulting in the identification of 74 nests.
The nests confirmed since the last update are recorded in the following locations:
Kent
• Charing (Primary)
• Upper Halling (Secondary)
• Wootton (Secondary)
Cambridgeshire
• Sawtry (Secondary)
East Sussex
• Playden (Secondary)
Norfolk
• Holkham (Secondary)
The following nests are awaiting destruction: Sawtry in Cambridgeshire, Playden in East Sussex, Holkham in Norfolk and Wootton in Kent.
As of 8 October, the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has informed us that it has received further credible reports of YLH. To date there have been 216 sightings in 2026, resulting in the identification of 78 nests.
The nests confirmed since the last update are recorded in the following locations:
Kent
• Eythorne (secondary)
• Eythorne (primary)
• Kettle Corner (secondary)
• Hempstead (secondary)
All nests have been destroyed.
Multiple sightings continue to be monitored by the NBU, local beekeepers and Yellow-legged hornet teams at locations across Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Sussex, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Kent, Norfolk and Somerset.
