{"id":512731,"date":"2026-04-04T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512731\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T15:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:21:10","slug":"guernsey-asian-hornet-sightings-earlier-than-any-other-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/512731\/","title":{"rendered":"Guernsey Asian hornet sightings &#8216;earlier than any other year&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The project, now in its eighth year, aims to intercept queen Asian hornets as they &#8220;emerge from hibernation and forage for nectar&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During this time, they will travel up to 1km (1,000 yards) before building a nest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 260 traps, that have been handed out to volunteers, are designed to &#8220;attract and capture&#8221; the queens before that happens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Julia Henney, senior natural environment officer said the traps, which are placed at  500m (1640ft) intervals, are the &#8220;first line of defence to prevent Asian hornets establishing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She described 2026 as &#8220;a particularly critical year&#8221;, as &#8220;queen hornets have been caught earlier than any other year&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It follows a record-breaking 2025 that saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cgeq14v757lo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">69 queens caught and five primary nests destroyed<\/a> between April and June. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Islanders have also been encouraged to &#8220;remain vigilant, report any sightings and try and prevent any hornets found at home from escaping&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sightings can be reported to the Asian Hornet Team by calling or WhatsApp to 07839 197082, or by sending an email to\u202fasianhornet@gov.gg with a photo attached where possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The project, now in its eighth year, aims to intercept queen Asian hornets as they &#8220;emerge from hibernation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-512731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}