Yellow-legged Asian Hornet – Is Nest Destruction a Dangerous Delusion? Is Spring Trapping the Lesser of Two Evils?

Wednesday 8 October 2025 at 7:30 pm

New Road Methodist Church

As the threat of the yellow legged hornet is rising, we thought it would be interesting to get an idea of what is happening in Europe, so we will be showing the recent BBKA talk by Andrew Durham entitled

Yellow-legged Asian Hornet – Is Nest Destruction a Dangerous Delusion?  Is Spring Trapping the Lesser of Two Evils?

Andrew is a Cambridgeshire beekeeper who started his research into the Asian Hornet (a.k.a. Yellow-legged Hornet - Vespa velutina) in 2014, travelling around France and researching the impact of the hornet on French beekeeping.  The talk: as the hornet continues to make ground on the continent and is threatening to get established in mainland UK, this is an important and timely contribution to a debate that beekeepers are going to have to have before the NBU withdraws from the front-line battle to eradicate the hornet.  Beekeepers on the continent are getting drawn into the general fight against the hornet and are being overwhelmed. Andrew examines the pros and cons of the different schemes in operation in France (and Jersey) and he suggests how beekeepers could best use their limited resources to serve their bees.

Tea and biscuits are on hand...

THE VENUE IS New Road Methodist Church

Join the Stourbridge ring road and look out for the signpost for Kidderminster A451 on the overhead gantry and Aldi on your right.

The entrance to the Methodist Church is on your left by the sign for the A451 Kidderminster and the turning is at the very start of the slip road to the A451.

DO NOT park on Aldi's car park, you will be fined or locked in or both. There are a limited number of parking spaces directly outside the church hall.

New Road Methodist Church
New Road
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 1PA
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