AutisticMumTo3Oct 12, 2024

UK may approve bee-killing pesticide despite election promise to ban it | Green politics | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/uk-may-approve-bee-killing-pesticide-despite-election-promise-to-ban-it

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UK may approve bee-killing pesticide despite election promise to ban it

Exclusive: Environment groups urge government to stick to its promises and refuse pesticide application

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AutisticMumTo3Sep 2, 2023

Killer Asian hornets swarming UK with more seen this year than previous SIX combined - Mirror Online
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/killer-asian-hornets-swarming-uk-30841042

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More Asian hornets swarming UK this year than ever - see full list of sightings

So far this year there have been 22 confirmed sightings in the UK of the invasive Asian hornet species, which prey on honey bees and can wipe out entire colonies

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