Beekeepers brace for next round with Canada's 'murder hornets'
British Columbia resigned to a ‘long fight’ after 2020’s efforts to track and kill the invasive insects ended in frustration
The year 2020 is not one that beekeepers in Washington state and the Canadian province of British Columbia are likely to forget in a hurry. Since the spring, experts in both states have been gripped by fears of Vespa mandarinia, a hulking insect whose voracious appetite for honeybees and stealthy spread could pose a threat to the region’s vulnerable ecosystem.
While the eradication of an Asian giant hornet nest in Washington in October was a success, officials to the north in Canada have dealt with a number of setbacks in their own bid to eradicate the hornets.
O "HABITAT" DO HOMEM BRANCO ESTÁ AMEAÇADO MAS OS INVASORES TÊM DIREITO A DISCRIMINAÇÃO POSITIVA.QUER-SE DIZER LÁ NO REINO UNIDO A COISA VAI VIRAR O BICO AO PREGO...