{"id":141528,"date":"2023-09-10T14:50:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=141528"},"modified":"2023-09-10T14:50:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T14:50:38","slug":"firefighters-deploy-crane-after-asian-hornet-nest-discovered-in-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/firefighters-deploy-crane-after-asian-hornet-nest-discovered-in-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters deploy crane after Asian hornet nest discovered in tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Firefighters close roads and deploy 104ft crane after enormous Asian hornet nest is discovered in tree top<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nest is biggest discovered on Guernsey as vicious species threatens to take hold<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A huge Asian hornet nest had to be removed with the help of firefighters and a 104 foot crane after it was spotted in a tree top.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly structure is the biggest ever discovered on Guernsey as the invasive species threatens to take hold.<\/p>\n<p>But the channel island&#8217;s crack Asian Hornet Team were able to track the killer insects back to their nest in the huge oak tree using strategically placed bait stations.<\/p>\n<p>The Fire and Rescue Service then deployed their largest turntable ladder, which can extend up to 32 metres above ground level &#8211; more than seven times the height of a double decker bus.<\/p>\n<p>The entire road had to be closed to vehicles and pedestrians because it was so close to a set of coastal swimming spots near La Vallette &#8211; close to the capital Saint Peter Port.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Russell, Asian Hornet Strategy Coordinator, said: &#8216;We&#8217;re very grateful for the professional support we received from the GFRS and Civil Protection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/14\/75266309-12501557-image-a-73_1694352542330.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Fire and Rescue Service deployed their largest turntable ladder, which can extend up to 32 metres above ground level &#8211; more than seven times the height of a double decker bus<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/10\/14\/75266307-12501557-image-a-72_1694352531213.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The deadly structure is the biggest ever discovered on Guernsey as the invasive species threatens to take hold<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Without their help and expertise, we wouldn&#8217;t have been able to access this nest to safely remove it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The group have found nine nests and removed five in the last month.<\/p>\n<h3>WHAT IS THE KILLER ASIAN HORNET INVASION?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Asian hornets were accidentally brought to France in 2004, probably in an imported shipment of goods.<\/p>\n<p>Since then the dark brown and orange insects have spread rapidly through the country and started to invade neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>They have also become established in the Channel Islands and were first reported in the UK in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The hornets, which grow up to an inch long (3 cm) and have an orange face, are an aggressive predator of honey bees and other pollinating insects.<\/p>\n<p>The hornets prey on honeybees, hovering like attack helicopters outside their hives and grabbing them on the wing.<\/p>\n<p>The bees are dismembered before being carried back to the hornets&#8217; nest to be fed to larvae.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The charity Plantlife has warned that the hornet &#8216;poses a deadly threat to honeybees and other pollinators and any potential sightings should be immediately reported to the GB Non-native Species Secretariat.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Queens build nests in April. They rapidly start laying eggs until the hive population reaches about 6,000 insects.<\/p>\n<p>A report by the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, estimates that the decline of bees worldwide poses a potentially major risk to world food supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s bees are thought to have fallen by a third since 2007. The British Beekeepers&#8217; Association warns the public not to disturb a hornets&#8217; nest &#8216;under any circumstances&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are now underway to remove the remaining few &#8211; but they have been made particularly challenging by their locations.<\/p>\n<p>The island is now in a race against time as they are threatened by being overrun by the invasive species.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Russell continued: &#8216;As autumn approaches, the race is on to remove all the Asian hornet nests across the island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If nests remain in place and are not dealt with as a matter of urgency, the production of a new generation of queens will be triggered, with a large secondary nest capable of producing as many as 300-500 queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These would then hibernate on the island over the winter causing further problems for the following year.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The aggressive predator is a major threat to Britain&#8217;s biodiversity &#8211; because 30 per cent of its diet is made up of honeybees.<\/p>\n<p>This means the alien species threatens wreaking havoc on pollinating insects and beekeeping activities.<\/p>\n<p>The insects have a distinctive velvety black or dark brown through while the abdominal segments are boarded with fine yellow bands and the final section is almost entirely yellow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hornets are able to kill with one sting among people who have an allergy while they also pose a threat to the environment and native species.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The species can also be more aggressive than native insects.<\/p>\n<p>In late August Asian hornets were spotted for the first time in London and there have been a worrying 46 sightings since 2016 with half of these coming this year alone,\u00a0according to figures from Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).<\/p>\n<p>Only this week a terrifying Asian hornet nest measuring about 15 inches was found in Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>It is the largest discovered on the &#8216;UK&#8217;s frontline&#8217; and prompted a fresh warning to the public.<\/p>\n<p>It was hanging from the ceiling of an abandoned home in St Brelades on the Channel Island and was destroyed on August 14.<\/p>\n<p>The insect is thought to have made its way onto the UK&#8217;s shores in 2016 in Tetby, Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n<p>Since then there have been sightings in Somerset, Devon, Lancashire, Cornwall, Yorkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent, Staffordshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Essex, Suffolk, Northumberland, and East Sussex.<\/p>\n<p>They prey on honeybees and therefore a pose a major threat to honeybee populations in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12501557\/Firefighters-close-roads-deploy-104ft-crane-enormous-Asian-hornet-nest-discovered-tree-top.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters close roads and deploy 104ft crane after enormous Asian hornet nest is discovered in tree top Nest is biggest&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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