Vale a 'hot-spot' for Asian hornets, latest tracking indicates
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Up to the third week in June a total of 35 Asian Hornet queens have been captured in Guernsey with 17 found inside people’s homes, 15 caught in traps and 3 removed in primary nests. One of the primary nests was on a garage entrance while the other two were inside bird nest boxes.
The number of queens captured in the Vale makes it one of the most at risk parishes, with only the Forest and St Saviour's returning no sightings. The primary nest found in the parish was at Bunker Hill and is pictured below. 
Please keep looking
The States' Asian hornet team is still, however, asking Vale parishioners to keep a lookout for these invasive insects to protect public health and the island's biodiversity.
As hornet strategy coordinator Francis Russell says: "With ‘Spring Queening’ officially ending on June 10th, the Asian Hornet Team will actively promote the next phase of the control programme which is the 'Track don’t Trample' campaign. The important message from now until the end of the autumn is please don't kill any hornets. If you find one, it will be a worker hornet so take a picture and observe the direction it flies in. The team can then use this information to locate more worker hornets and track them back to the nest."
- Any sightings should be reported by phoning 07839 197082, or emailing [email protected]
More information is available in the video below and the spring campaign update summary is available in the downloads section below.