Native Irish Honey Bee Society – Apis mellifera mellifera

Native Irish Honey Bee Society
Apis mellifera mellifera

Hornets could make a beeline to Ireland this Summer

The main threat posed by the two-inch- long black and yellow hornets, is their ability to kill up to 40 bees per minute- this allows the Hornets to decimate colonies of 30,000 honey-bees within a few hours and then swarm in and gorge on their deserted hives.

Read more in the Sunday World

 

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