{"id":1410,"date":"2020-10-07T11:39:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/?page_id=1410"},"modified":"2023-01-16T18:20:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:20:51","slug":"identifying-asian-hornets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/identifying-asian-hornets\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Asian Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early in the year the Asian Hornet feeds on nectar (carbohydrates) but later on when it is raising it&#8217;s young it needs protein. It gets these from the wing muscles of insects especially of honey bees. A hive of bees represents a concentrated source of food so the hornet doesn&#8217;t have to go a lot of chasing. Unfortunately a large nearby nest of hornets can destroy a honey bee colony in hours!<\/p>\n<p>Below is a news broadcast from BBC Look North in September 2020. In the video Chris Coulson shows an Asian Hornet.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1410-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ah.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ah.mp4\">https:\/\/www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ah.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Asian hornet as seen on BBC News &#8211; Look North<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The GB Non-native Species Secretariat provide an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nonnativespecies.org\/assets\/Uploads\/ID_Vespa_velutina_Asian_Hornet_5.0-1.pdf\">advice leaflet advice about identifying Asian Hornets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early in the year the Asian Hornet feeds on nectar (carbohydrates) but later on when it is raising it&#8217;s young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1410","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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