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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And with me this afternoon. I've got Lynn Barry and
a friend of hers from Germany, and apologies to Peter's genetics.
We were unable to get hold of those guys today,
so we'll try and catch up with them later in
the week.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
How you getting on, Oh, I just peachy at this
short notice.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Yeah, very very sorry about that.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I'm not sure if it was a mix up in
phone numbers or just people busy and not having their
phone near them.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
So you've managed to see us right, probably for a change.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Probably with the way things are down here, everybody's probably
pretty busy, so I'm pretty flexible most of the time.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Yeah, absolutely absolutely, And I guess while they're on cleanup mode,
the farming life still has to go on, so they're
just getting done what they've got to get done, aren't they.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Yes, they are.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
We've just driven down from home account to day and
I must say was a little bit surprised coming through Westertago.
I thought there'd be a lot more carnage, but apparently
like there's some areas that have been really smashed.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
So yeah, that's good. You've got to get lucky sometimes,
haven't you.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Oh, it'd be nice if I've got lucky sometimes.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
But you know, so what are we going to talk
about today with you?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I thought we would talk about these lovely little yellow
leagued hornets that have been found up in Auckland just
this week, a new pest that's been somehow got into
New Zealand. They got into France about two thousand and
eight in timber from China, so they survived the trip
(01:30):
all across the sea or however they got were being transported,
and they've actually caused a lot of trouble around in
Spain and France. They prey on honeybees.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
That I know.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, and they reduced the population of the honeybees over
in France by about thirty percent. And the follow on
issues with that is that less honey bees, less pollination,
poor pollination, and some of their crops over there have
suffered quite a bit because they just don't get the
yields because the bees aren't there to pollinate them.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Always something isn't there, I know.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
So what these little fellows do is in the wintertime,
the queen over winters and in the winter spring she
wakes up, goes and finds some carbohydrate rich food because
she needs lots of energy to start building this little
we call it a nest. And the first nest that
she builds is usually on a man made structure and
(02:30):
it's like a little ball. So she's busily constructing that
and she's laying eggs in there, and then she gets
when they hatch, she gets some workers to help her.
And what they do is they go out and they
find honey bee nests and what they call hooking.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
They sit out in front.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Of the nest where the bees come in, and they
grab the worker bees and take them away to their nest,
and they can kill up to twenty five to fifty
worker bees a day to go and take the food
back to the nest and for the new pupa that
are hatching. So that stops the hives like goes into
(03:07):
shocks sort of, and that they don't want to go
out in forage, and then that reduces the amount of
honey and the amount of larvae and some It just
doesn't usually kill the hive, but it severely reduces the population.
So that happens all over summertime and then in the
autumn they they have about up to three hundred and
(03:32):
fifty of these they call them guyans, which are future
queens hatch yep and plus about three times the number
of males as well. And they these females get fertilized
and then they will go away in the autumn and
then they will over winter. But we're a bit lucky
because not all of them, A vast majority of them
(03:55):
actually die off and then they start all over again.
But they do have a secondary hive. If the hive
gets too big and then they start this reproduction stage,
they'll go and build a little hive in the vegetation somewhere.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
See anything to survive, like any peace really, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Oh yeah, it all reves around food and reproduction.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Really, what do we do to prevent or kill? Like
we can we take out beep populations by trying to
deal to these.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
We got to keep them out for a start, because
there's only been three females found this week. They found
a male I think it was last year up in Auckland.
But if they get established, there's really no way to
eradicate them.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Once they're established. Found three, there may be more.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
It could be more. They've got mpi's working really hard.
It's like the fruit fly outbreaks that they find up
in Auckland. They'll be pretty they'll be pretty good at
cleaning them up when they find them. But if you
find a nist round looking nest dangling from your eaves
or whatever, and the insect and them looks like an
oversized wasp, yep, then contact in PI straight away. Yep,
(05:02):
straight away, and they can come and take the hives away,
and then they can put up pheromone traps and stuff
to find them as well.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Yep. Oh, that sounds like it could be a disaster.
Let's hope they keep a lot on that.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah, well, with our honeybeans have big enough problems as
it is with wasps, and with borrowo might as well.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
So that's right.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And so as we sort of mentioned earlier touched on
you've got a friend from overseas, well.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yeah, you know I do. I do work away and
I have travelers come and stay with me. So for
her sins, Dela decided that I look like a good
place to come and stay to start her experience around
New Zealand. So she's been and she's just great. She's
fitted in really well, and she's really easy care. She
does what she's told for now most times, yes, we've
(05:52):
given her a good look around, so she might like
to comment on what she's her first thoughts in New Zealander.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Welcome. Sorry I can't get your name properly. It is
silly sill.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, it's a complicated names.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
That's not too bad. Once I keep my heat around it,
it'll be fine. And sow have you found it?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (06:11):
It has been an amazing time. So I learned a
lot about gardening, especially at Lind's place, a lot about farming,
animal care, and just met a lot of people that
are just great. Everyone is here, everyone here so friendly.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Plenty of farmers around. Are you from a farming area
in Germany, like a little.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Village but not with a lot of farms anymore? Yes,
so it's great, a whole different world here.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Look, I'd love to talk to you more about it,
but we are running out of time. But thank you
for coming on the show and the peer of view
late notice and good to meet Yazilia and I hope
you enjoy your travels around New Zealand and doing whatever
you're doing.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Thank you and thanks Lynn right anytime. Yeah, you've got
me out of a hole, so I appreciate it already. Cheers.
They yet
And with me this afternoon. I've got Lynn Barry and
a friend of hers from Germany, and apologies to Peter's genetics.
We were unable to get hold of those guys today,
so we'll try and catch up with them later in
the week.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
How you getting on, Oh, I just peachy at this
short notice.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Yeah, very very sorry about that.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I'm not sure if it was a mix up in
phone numbers or just people busy and not having their
phone near them.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
So you've managed to see us right, probably for a change.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Probably with the way things are down here, everybody's probably
pretty busy, so I'm pretty flexible most of the time.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Yeah, absolutely absolutely, And I guess while they're on cleanup mode,
the farming life still has to go on, so they're
just getting done what they've got to get done, aren't they.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Yes, they are.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
We've just driven down from home account to day and
I must say was a little bit surprised coming through Westertago.
I thought there'd be a lot more carnage, but apparently
like there's some areas that have been really smashed.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
So yeah, that's good. You've got to get lucky sometimes,
haven't you.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Oh, it'd be nice if I've got lucky sometimes.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
But you know, so what are we going to talk
about today with you?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I thought we would talk about these lovely little yellow
leagued hornets that have been found up in Auckland just
this week, a new pest that's been somehow got into
New Zealand. They got into France about two thousand and
eight in timber from China, so they survived the trip
(01:30):
all across the sea or however they got were being transported,
and they've actually caused a lot of trouble around in
Spain and France. They prey on honeybees.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
That I know.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, and they reduced the population of the honeybees over
in France by about thirty percent. And the follow on
issues with that is that less honey bees, less pollination,
poor pollination, and some of their crops over there have
suffered quite a bit because they just don't get the
yields because the bees aren't there to pollinate them.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Always something isn't there, I know.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
So what these little fellows do is in the wintertime,
the queen over winters and in the winter spring she
wakes up, goes and finds some carbohydrate rich food because
she needs lots of energy to start building this little
we call it a nest. And the first nest that
she builds is usually on a man made structure and
(02:30):
it's like a little ball. So she's busily constructing that
and she's laying eggs in there, and then she gets
when they hatch, she gets some workers to help her.
And what they do is they go out and they
find honey bee nests and what they call hooking.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
They sit out in front.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Of the nest where the bees come in, and they
grab the worker bees and take them away to their nest,
and they can kill up to twenty five to fifty
worker bees a day to go and take the food
back to the nest and for the new pupa that
are hatching. So that stops the hives like goes into
(03:07):
shocks sort of, and that they don't want to go
out in forage, and then that reduces the amount of
honey and the amount of larvae and some It just
doesn't usually kill the hive, but it severely reduces the population.
So that happens all over summertime and then in the
autumn they they have about up to three hundred and
(03:32):
fifty of these they call them guyans, which are future
queens hatch yep and plus about three times the number
of males as well. And they these females get fertilized
and then they will go away in the autumn and
then they will over winter. But we're a bit lucky
because not all of them, A vast majority of them
(03:55):
actually die off and then they start all over again.
But they do have a secondary hive. If the hive
gets too big and then they start this reproduction stage,
they'll go and build a little hive in the vegetation somewhere.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
See anything to survive, like any peace really, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Oh yeah, it all reves around food and reproduction.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Really, what do we do to prevent or kill? Like
we can we take out beep populations by trying to
deal to these.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
We got to keep them out for a start, because
there's only been three females found this week. They found
a male I think it was last year up in Auckland.
But if they get established, there's really no way to
eradicate them.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Once they're established. Found three, there may be more.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
It could be more. They've got mpi's working really hard.
It's like the fruit fly outbreaks that they find up
in Auckland. They'll be pretty they'll be pretty good at
cleaning them up when they find them. But if you
find a nist round looking nest dangling from your eaves
or whatever, and the insect and them looks like an
oversized wasp, yep, then contact in PI straight away. Yep,
(05:02):
straight away, and they can come and take the hives away,
and then they can put up pheromone traps and stuff
to find them as well.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Yep. Oh, that sounds like it could be a disaster.
Let's hope they keep a lot on that.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah, well, with our honeybeans have big enough problems as
it is with wasps, and with borrowo might as well.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
So that's right.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
And so as we sort of mentioned earlier touched on
you've got a friend from overseas, well.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yeah, you know I do. I do work away and
I have travelers come and stay with me. So for
her sins, Dela decided that I look like a good
place to come and stay to start her experience around
New Zealand. So she's been and she's just great. She's
fitted in really well, and she's really easy care. She
does what she's told for now most times, yes, we've
(05:52):
given her a good look around, so she might like
to comment on what she's her first thoughts in New Zealander.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Welcome. Sorry I can't get your name properly. It is
silly sill.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yeah, it's a complicated names.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
That's not too bad. Once I keep my heat around it,
it'll be fine. And sow have you found it?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (06:11):
It has been an amazing time. So I learned a
lot about gardening, especially at Lind's place, a lot about farming,
animal care, and just met a lot of people that
are just great. Everyone is here, everyone here so friendly.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Plenty of farmers around. Are you from a farming area
in Germany, like a little.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Village but not with a lot of farms anymore? Yes,
so it's great, a whole different world here.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Look, I'd love to talk to you more about it,
but we are running out of time. But thank you
for coming on the show and the peer of view
late notice and good to meet Yazilia and I hope
you enjoy your travels around New Zealand and doing whatever
you're doing.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Thank you and thanks Lynn right anytime. Yeah, you've got
me out of a hole, so I appreciate it already. Cheers.
They yet
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