Appearing in Belgium in 2016, Asian hornets proliferate on the territory, especially in Hainaut. This year, the Walloon agronomic research center noted a significant increase in the species in our region.
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“We noticed about three weeks ago some hornets. It then became a nest that evolved rapidly ”, remembers Leonardo Alcantarini, who works in a materials company in Dour. In one of the hangars of the company Delhaye Matériaux, Asian hornets had taken up residence.
In a few weeks, it was necessary to intervene several times in Dour, Mons and Quaregnon in particular. “The Mons-Borinage region is particularly affected as well as that of the Center”, remarks Michel de Proft, expert at the Walloon center for agronomic research in the Region.
► The Asian hornet is maintained in the province of Hainaut and Walloon Brabant as well as around Namur: here is the testimony by Michel de Proft.
► Here is what has to be done when you come across an Asian hornet.
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