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The anti-pest army is being mobilised, local Facebook pages are buzzing and a swarm of publicity embarked upon, all aimed at stamping out the yellow-legged hornet
The threat to New Zealand from the yellow-legged hornet is immense, but it stretches beyond the risk to our honey industry and $59 billion primary industry.
The pest has a nasty sting, far worse than ordinary hornets or bees, and can penetrate the visors in beekeeping suits with their venom.
So far four queens and two males have been found in Auckland, with 120 traps laid on the North Shore where the Vespa Velutina queens were discovered.
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