In Europe, Asian hornets staged a genocide of honey bees

In Europe, they are worried about the spread of Asian hornets on the continent, which are destroying the population of honey bees. Members of the European Parliament representing Italy called on the European Commission to take measures to counter this threat, The Guardian reports. It is noted that yellow-legged hornets, common in Southeast Asia, were first discovered in Europe two decades ago. They first appeared in France, and then spread to neighboring countries - Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy. In the latter, they caused some chaos when in 2012 they began to destroy local bees in the northern regions of the country. As bees are vital not only for the commercial production of honey, but also for maintaining a healthy ecosystem, eleven MEPs from Italy are demanding that the European Commission develop "concrete measures to combat the spread of insects by funding control systems with EU funds". As MEP Salvatore De Meo noted, the Asian hornet is a "voracious ...