{"id":3490,"date":"2026-07-30T20:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:30:13","slug":"vespa-velutina-arrives-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/vespa-velutina-arrives-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Vespa velutina arrive en Caroline du Nord"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La propagation de <em>Vespa velutina<\/em> continue aux \u00c9tats-Unis. Cette semaine, le minist\u00e8re de l'Agriculture de Caroline du Nord a confirm\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re d\u00e9tection du frelon asiatique dans l'\u00c9tat, dans la ville de Matthews. Jusqu'\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent, aux \u00c9tats-Unis, <em>Vespa velutina<\/em> avait \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9tect\u00e9 en G\u00e9orgie, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 identifi\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois, et en Caroline du Sud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La d\u00e9couverte d\u00e9montre la capacit\u00e9 du frelon \u00e0 se propager facilement et suscite des inqui\u00e9tudes chez les apiculteurs et les chercheurs. Des plans de surveillance et de lutte ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en place pour limiter la propagation du frelon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aller \u00e0 la d\u00e9claration officielle <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncagr.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2026\/07\/27\/ncdacs-confirms-first-finding-yellow-legged-hornet-state-asks-beekeepers-watch-predator-hornet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spread of Vespa velutina continues in the US. This week, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture confirmed the first detection of the yellow-legged hornet in the state, in the town of Matthews. Until now, in the US, Vespa velutina had been detected in Georgia\u2014where it was first identified\u2014and in South Carolina.<br \/>\nLa d\u00e9couverte d\u00e9montre la capacit\u00e9 du frelon \u00e0 se propager facilement et suscite des inqui\u00e9tudes chez les apiculteurs et les chercheurs. Des plans de surveillance et de lutte ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en place pour limiter la propagation du frelon.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The spread of Vespa velutina continues in the US. 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Monitoring and control plans have already been put in place to limit the hornet\u2019s spread.","twitter:creator":"@apimondia","twitter:image":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apimondia-logo-small-1.webp"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"3490","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"featured","og_image_url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Vespa-velutia-by-Jean-Paul-Boerekamps-Wikipedia.jpg","og_image_width":"1600","og_image_height":"836","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":{"subject":"","preview":"","content":""},"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2026-07-30 20:30:13","updated":"2026-07-30 21:51:09","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"Highlights\">Highlights<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tVespa velutina Arrives in North Carolina\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra"},{"label":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/"},{"label":"Vespa velutina Arrives in North Carolina","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/vespa-velutina-arrives-in-north-carolina\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}