Know Your Foe: The Asian Hornet
Know your Foe The Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina) Duncan Bosomworth, NPTA Technical Manager The Asian hornet, also known as the yellow-legged hornet, is an invasive non-native species that poses a significant threat to honeybees and other pollinating insects in the United Kingdom. Native to Southeast Asia, it was accidentally introduced into Europe in the early…
