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The Asian hornet, discovered in Ireland for the first time last week, poses a threat to the Irish honeybee population, according to an environmental scientist ....
Collapse of Irish honey industry due to Asian hornets, warns scientist 03 Jun 2021, 17:54 GMT+10 DUBLIN, Ireland: The Asian hornet poses a threat to the Irish honeybee population, according to an environmental scientist. The hornet was discovered in Ireland for the first time last week. Dr Fidelma Butler from the University College Cork s School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences warned that the Asian hornet can pose a threat to Ireland s honeybees, wasps and pollinators, as it preys on them. Butler described the hornets as large insects with a high energy requirement and are voracious eaters, as quoted by RTE television. She noted that the hornet has been removed from 19 sites in the UK since 2016, while the first live specimen in Ireland was found in Dublin last week. ....
Ailbhe with some of her mixed-breed organic sheep on the banks of Lough Derg Her interest in biodiverse farming led her to ask a local beekeeper if he would be interested in putting some of his hives on her land. “He said yes and moved some on to my farm. I watched him caring for the bees and dealing with them and I became extremely interested. I wanted to give it a go myself,” she says. Ailbhe joined the Beekeepers’ Association of Ireland and did training in beekeeping before introducing her own hives of native black bees to the farm. The course provided her with a mentor, which she says has been extremely beneficial. ....