It is important to remove the nests tells fighter Jasper den Bakker, who is also very busy. He removed the nest in the Leringenpark. “The Asian Hoornaar is an invasive exotic and is bad for biodiversity. He eats important insects for us, such as the honey bee. When the insects are up in an area, they switch to soft fruit growing.”
Queen should not fly out
It is up to the province to call in a fighter as soon as a report arrives. They usually come in through Waarneming.nl. “This time it took and lasted,” says Jos Valentin of the investigation team in Aalsmeer.
“We became increasingly afraid that the queens would fly out of the nest, so we had to put pressure on together with the municipality.” Flying a queen is problematic because there is a risk that she will start a new nest next year. The volunteers think that the nest was removed on time.