Second Asian hornet nest removed in Cork as NPWS rules out breeding risk

NPWS rangers removed two Asian hornet nests in Cork, saying no queens survived, preventing the invasive species from breeding

National Parks and Wildlife Service will monitor the two locations in Cork where the nests of Asian hornets were found. 

Officers from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) are confident no young queens have escaped from the two Asian hornet nests discovered in Cork, so these populations will not be able to continue to breed in Ireland.

Queens are the only ones able to survive the winter as all the others die off.