{"id":3398,"date":"2026-07-02T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:50:01","slug":"vespa-velutina-two-nests-found-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/vespa-velutina-two-nests-found-in-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Vespa velutina, Deux Nids Trouv\u00e9s en Autriche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deux nids principaux de&nbsp;<em>Vespa velutina<\/em>&nbsp;ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couverts \u00e0 Lustenau, en Autriche, pr\u00e8s de la fronti\u00e8re suisse. Les nids ont \u00e9t\u00e9 trouv\u00e9s \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur d'un conteneur de stockage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ceci marque la premi\u00e8re d\u00e9couverte document\u00e9e de <em>Vespa velutina<\/em> nids en Autriche. Auparavant, l'esp\u00e8ce n'avait \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9e dans le pays qu'\u00e0 travers l'observation d'un seul sp\u00e9cimen \u00e0 Salzbourg en 2024, comme l'a rapport\u00e9 le site italien <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopvelutina.it\/continua-la-diffusione-di-vespa-velutina-in-europa-nidi-primari-in-austria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">StopVelutina<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La d\u00e9couverte met en \u00e9vidence la propagation continue du frelon asiatique \u00e0 travers l'Europe et son expansion potentielle vers les r\u00e9gions du nord et de l'est. Un seul des nids \u00e9tait habit\u00e9 et il a \u00e9t\u00e9 imm\u00e9diatement d\u00e9truit. Les autorit\u00e9s locales ont exhort\u00e9 les apiculteurs \u00e0 renforcer les efforts de surveillance afin de d\u00e9tecter toute nouvelle incursion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lire les nouvelles officielles sur le site Internet autrichien <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/presse.vorarlberg.at\/land\/public\/Erstnachweis-eines-Nestes-der-Asiatischen-Hornisse-in-sterreich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two primary nests of\u00a0Vespa velutina\u00a0have been discovered in Lustenau, Austria, near the Swiss border. The nests were found inside a storage container. The discovery highlights the yellow-legged hornet&#8217;s continued spread across Europe and its potential expansion into northern and eastern regions. Only one of the nests was inhabited and it was immediately destroyed. 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