Comparatively small but aggressive: the Asian hornet is spreading in Germany and is also threatening bees. Saxony's beekeepers are therefore the target group for a workshop organized by the State Foundation for Nature and the Environment (Lanu) and the State Office for the Environment, Geology and Agriculture in Dresden on Thursday. According to Lanu spokesperson Tomas Brückmann, there has only been one suspected case of the invasive species in Saxony to date.
The workshop will focus on the ecology and lifestyle of the Asian hornet. It will also discuss the legal basis and the current approach in Saxony. The focus is on the health of the bees, it was said. A field report from Hamburg, where the Asian hornet already occurs, rounded off the workshop.
