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Earring-sized transmitters are being attached to worker hornets as Auckland's war on the insect pest continues.
Biosecurity New Zealand said the new technology imported from the Netherlands had been a success in helping hunt down nests of yellow-legged hornets.
Since October last year, 43 queen hornets had been found in the Glenfield and Birkdale areas on Auckland's North Shore.
The pest, not known to be established in New Zealand, was considered a biosecurity concern d
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