Biosecurity doubles Auckland's surveillance zone for yellow-legged hornets

So far more than 3500 properties have been searched within 200 metres of confirmed finds, Biosecurity NZ says.

Search for the yellow legged hornet widens

Biosecurity NZ has now doubled its surveillance zone for the insect on Auckland's North Shore Biosecurity teams will now ...

Yellow-legged hornet surveillance zone on Auckland’s North Shore extended to 11km

The zone was at 5km from detection sites in Glenfield and Birkdale but has now been extended based on the latest ...

"Major problem and threat": Efforts to eradicate invasive yellow-legged hornets widen

Efforts to stamp out yellow-legged hornets in New Zealand are widening. Biodiversity New Zealand is expanding the 5-kilometre ...

Honeybees crowd out bumblebees—even on flower-rich heathlands

When the late summer sun falls over Ireland's Wicklow Mountains, the slopes turn purple with blooming heather. Honeybees are moved to the heathlands for the sought-after heather honey, but their ...