巨大（な） Asian hornets are here, and they've 始める，決める up home: Pumpkin-sized nest is 設立する up a tree just a month after insects were first seen in Britain

  • Nest was 設立する at the 最高の，を越す of a 55ft conifer tree in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
  • Insects spotted in September and have since been seen in six 場所s
  • The '殺し屋' hornets could 提起する／ポーズをとる a 脅し to Britain's honey bee 全住民
  • Have you been stung by one of these hornets, or have you 設立する one and taken a picture? Please email stephanie.linning@mailonline.co.uk?

By Steph Cockroft for MailOnline

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A pumpkin-sized Asian hornets' nest has been discovered in the UK just one month after the insects were first spotted on British 国／地域.

The nest was 設立する at the 最高の，を越す of a 55ft conifer tree in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, の近くに to where the insects were first seen.?

They have since been spotted in six different 場所s, raising 関心s about the 脅し to Britain's honey bee 全住民.?

A pumpkin-sized Asian hornets' nest (pictured) has been discovered in the UK just one month after the insects were first spotted on British soil

A pumpkin-sized Asian hornets' nest (pictured) has been discovered in the UK just one month after the insects were first spotted on British 国／地域

Although insects have been spotted in the area before, the find is the first time a nest has been seen. It has now been destroyed by experts?

Although insects have been spotted in the area before, the find is the first time a nest has been seen. It has now been destroyed by 専門家s?

Two hornets were first spotted in September, 誘発するing 専門家s from the Department for 環境, Food and 田舎の 事件／事情／状勢s to 示す a 3?mile 監視 zone?around the find.

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The 最新の find is the first time a nest has been seen. It has now been destroyed.?

The hornet arrived in フラン in 2004 and is now ありふれた across large areas of Europe.

It was discovered for the first time in Jersey and Alderney this summer. It is believed the 種類 will not be able 生き残る in the north of the UK 予定 to colder winters.?

The genetics of the 逮捕（する）d hornets are 存在 診察するd by the 国家の Bee 部隊, によれば the British Beekeepers 協会.

The nest was found at the top of a 55ft conifer tree (pictured) in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, close to where the insects were first seen

The nest was 設立する at the 最高の，を越す of a 55ft conifer tree (pictured) in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, の近くに to where the insects were first seen

A 広報担当者 for the Bees, Wasps and Ants 記録，記録的な／記録するing Society said: 'に引き続いて the 最近の 発見 of two Asian Hornet 労働者s 近づく Tetbury in Gloucestershire, bee 視察官s from the 国家の Bee 部隊 have visited over 100 場所／位置s in the 地元の area.

'Asian Hornets were 設立する at six 場所s within 500m of the 初めの si ghting.'

Stephen Hirst, 市長 at Tetbury Town 会議, said: 'The town 会議 have been very プロの／賛成の-active, communicating with the public and 扱うing phone calls from those 居住（者）s who think that they have seen these insects.

'We would still ask for those people who think that they have seen Asian Hornets from today to 接触する the town 会議 so that we can communicate with the DEFRA 仕事 軍隊.

'They will still be in and around Tetbury for the next two weeks to 保証する themselves that their work in destroying the hornet nest has been successful and Tetbury's bee community is now 安全な.'

A spokesperson for the Animal & 工場／植物 Health 機関 said: '視察官s from the 国家の Bee 部隊, part of the APHA, are continuing to 監視する the area for Asian hornets と一緒に 地元の beekeepers. However to date, no live hornets have been seen since the nest was 除去するd.'?

INSECT INVASION: THE ?THREAT OF ASIAN HORNETS

The charity Plantlife has 警告するd that the hornet '提起する／ポーズをとるs a deadly 脅し to honeybees and other pollinators and any 可能性のある sightings should be すぐに 報告（する）／憶測d to the GB 非，不，無-native 種類 （国際的組織の）事務局.'

Queens build nests in April. They 速く start laying eggs until the 蜂の巣 populat イオン reaches about 6,000 insects.

To 料金d the growing 全住民, the hornets start 追跡（する）ing honey bees, chopping them up with their jaws and feeding them to larvae.

A 報告（する）／憶測 by the Intergovernmental Science 政策 壇・綱領・公約 on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 見積（る）s that the 拒絶する／低下する of bees 世界的な 提起する／ポーズをとるs a 潜在的に major 危険 to world food 供給（する）s.

Britain's bees are thought to have fallen by a third since 2007.?The British Beekeepers' 協会 警告するs the public not to 乱す a hornets' nest 'under any circumstances'.?

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