Asian hornet: UK beekeepers on lookout for bee-eater
A new predator could soon be threatening Britain’s beleaguered bee colonies.
It is a large hornet that eats bees – and other pollinators. The so-called 'Asian hornet' has been been spreading across Europe over the last two decades. It reached the French coast in 2016 and the Channel Islands already have a problem.
The fear is that the UK mainland could be next, as our chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports.
Filmed, edited and produced by Tony Smith.
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