Links – End of April 2024

'No Mow May' campaign: Why gardeners are being encouraged to let their grass grow

30-Apr-24 - ITV

https://www.itv.com/watch/news/no-mow-may-campaign-why-gardeners-are-being-encouraged-to-let-their-grass-grow/lvxynqg

‘Bug splat’ survey shows 78% decline in flying insects in two decades

24-Apr-24 – Shropshire Star

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2024/04/24/bug-splat-survey-shows-78-decline-in-flying-insects-in-two-decades/

Southern Water sets traps to catch Asian Hornet Queens in Kent and East Sussex

15-Apr-24 – Sussex Online News

Heavy rainfall could lead to rise in food prices and bees potentially starving

12-Apr-24 – ITV

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2024-04-12/heavy-rainfall-could-lead-to-rise-in-food-prices-and-starving-bees

Parliament approves rules to curb fraud in honey, promote higher fruit content in jams – (N.B. this is the European Parliament)

11-Apr-24 – EurActiv

Chris Packham on the Asian hornet: there are bigger enemies than these bovver buzzers

11-Apr-24 – The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/11/asian-hornet-chris-packham

Wetherspoons Warns Lemons And Limes ‘May Not Be Vegan’

10-Apr-24 – Plant Based News

First Asian hornets of 2024 caught in Guernsey

10-Apr-24 – Island FM

https://www.islandfm.com/news/guernsey/first-asian-hornets-of-2024-caught-in-guernsey/

In defence of wasps: a misunderstood insect with human-like qualities

07-Apr-24 – The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/07/in-defence-of-wasps-misunderstood-insect

In praise of bees: the Cupid of the flowering world

05-Apr-24 – The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/05/in-praise-of-bees-the-cupid-of-the-flowering-world

American Foulbrood found in Perthshire beehive

05-Apr-24 – Scottish Government

https://www.gov.scot/news/american-foulbrood-found-in-perthshire-beehive-2/

Can AI save honey bees from Asian hornets?

03-Apr-24 – ITV

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-04-03/can-ai-save-honey-bees-from-asian-hornets

ScotGov plan to 'eradicate' hornet threatening Honeybees

03-Apr-24 – The Herald Scotland

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24228127.scotgov-plan-eradicate-hornet-threatening-honeybees/

Asian hornet: pest-specific contingency plan

03-Apr-24 – Scottish Government

https://www.gov.scot/publications/pest-specific-contingency-plan-asian-hornet-vespa-velutina-nigrithorax/

Early warning system to track Asian hornets unveiled by UK researchers

03-Apr-24 – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/03/early-warning-system-track-asian-hornets-university-of-exeter

Honey bees could help track microorganisms in cities, scientists say

30-Mar-24 – The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/honey-bees-tracking-city-microbes-b2310675.html

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