2023-10-17 21:34:25
And then finding the right information online or by calling 112 seems complicated. But above all, pay to help the public service prevent the invasive species that first appeared in 2016? No, because today the fight, at least this fight, is lost: “Despite our efforts – 250,000 euros last year – we realize that the number of nests triples every yearexplains Nicolas Yernaux, spokesperson for the Walloon Public Service. Asian hornets theoretically pose three types of problem: a threat to biodiversity, for beekeepers, given that the hornet attacks hives, and then a public health concern with the stings.“.
In fact, the scientific findings following the experience of the Region and studies carried out in France “seem to demonstrate that Asian hornets have a limited effect on biodiversity“They certainly eat a lot of insects but are poor hunters.”this is also why they attack hives in groups“. The first nests of the year, installed in the spring by founding queens and smaller ones, are controlled and destroyed more easily while the secondary nests are abandoned in the fall and the hornets do not return the following year: “We therefore advise people to only request intervention when there is fear for the safety of people or hives nearby.“, explains Nicolas Yernaux.
But for some beekeepers or nest destruction services, this justification does not hold: “The beekeepers stick out their tongues, the situation is serious and today by stopping subsidizing, it becomes chaotic, there is no longer a single clear and homogeneous answer and everyone does as they want or as they can at the different decision levels policies.“, defends the nest destroyer. An Asian hornet nest that is not destroyed can potentially generate more than 100 the following year and without any obligation or financial support for citizens to take care of it, the invasion will certainly further intensify. But it is also a political choice.
The Walloon Region also indicates that beekeepers can go to the site of the FIND to receive help.
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