Una strategia di controllo per la Vespa velutina, un radar per il tracciamento del volo dei calabroni, oltre 2.100 nidi individuati e rimossi in Liguria, 76 milioni di api salvate, sono alcuni dei risultati che saranno presentati dallo staff di LIFE STOPVESPA durante la Conferenza Stampa del 19 luglio 2019 (ore 11:30), presso la Sala Trasparenza della Regione Liguria, in Piazza De Ferrari 1 (Genova).

Il 18 luglio 2019 alle ore 16:30, presso la Sala “La Piccola” del Comune di Ospedaletti (Via Cavalieri di Malta), si terrà un incontro informativo sul Calabrone asiatico Vespa velutina rivolto alla Cittadinanza, alle Amministrazioni Locali, ai VV.F., alla Protezione Civile e agli Organi di Informazione.

A luglio 2019, dopo 4 anni di lavori, si conclude il progetto europeo LIFE STOPVESPA (LIFE14 NAT/IT/001128 STOPVESPA “Spatial containment of Vespa velutina in Italy and establishment of an Early Warning and Rapid Response System”), finanziato dallo strumento LIFE della Commissione Europea. Tutte le attività sviluppate dal 2015 ad oggi e i principali risultati raggiunti dal progetto sono riassunti nel Layman’s report, disponibile in allegato.

The event “Vespa velutina and other invasive invertebrates species”, organized by the COLOSS Velutina Task Force and by the LIFE STOPVESPA project, has been held in Turin from the 21st to the 23rd of March. The event allowed to share the knowledge about the presence of Vespa velutina in Europe and to present the results obtained by the LIFE STOPVESPA Project during four years of activity in Italy.

A LIFE STOPVESPA YouTube channel is now available, in which you can see the documentary “LIFE for the bees”. This movie describes the field activities carried out by the project to tackle the spread of the Asian yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina.

“Vespa velutina and other invasive invertebrates species” is the event organized by the LIFE STOPVESPA Project and the Velutina Task Force of COLOSS that will be held in Turin (Italy) the 21, 22 and 23 of March 2019. The 21st of March the programme foresee the COLOSS Velutina Task Force Meeting reserved to members of the COLOSS Association.

Friday, 1st. February 2019, took place the Conference on the regional strategy for the management of Invasive Alien Species, in the headquarter of Regione Lombardia (Biagi Room) in Milan.

Sunday, 27th January 2019, the LIFE STOPVESPA Project participated to the “10th Meeting on Beekeeping” in Friuli Venezia Giulia in the Conference Room of Udine-Gorizia Fiere (link). The event, promoted by the Consorzio Apicoltori della Provincia di Udine (Beekeepers Association of the Udine Province), provided a valuable opportunity for regional beekeepers to meet and exchange.

“Vespa velutina and other invasive invertebrates species”, this the title of the event organized by the LIFE STOPVESPA Project and the Velutina Task Force of COLOSS that will be held in Turin (Italy) the 21, 22 and 23 of March 2019.

Few days after the detection of the nests in Finale Ligure and La Spezia (Liguria, Italy), the LIFE STOPVESPA Project organized a workshop in the locality of Calvo, Ventimiglia (IM). This event allowed to demonstrate to beekeepers and stakeholders, and particularly to those which could not be present during the previous activities, the use of the harmonic radar for tracking the flight of Asian hornets and detect the positions of their nests.