The vespa
velutina, usually known as Asian predatory wasp, was detected near our zone in
Gipuzkoa in 2010. But Iparralde’s beekeepers were suffering them, few
months before.
Year after
year, they keep expanding and they have already colonized the north of Spain.
There are now at Galizia, Cantabria, Basque Country, Aragon, Catalonia… The
experts doesn´t reject that in a near future the wasp will colonize the entire
peninsula although this specie adapts better to a mild and wet weather, as in the
north of Spain.
Since then,
authorities, beekeepers and other organizations are fighting against this wasp,
as it is an aggressive predator for the native honey bees.
The Asian predatory wasp comes from Asia and came into
Europe in 2004. Apparently,
they came on a container full off pottery or wood imported from China through
Bordeaux harbor. The concern has been increasing since then.