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Protecting Pollinators: How PPQ and Partners Are Tackling the Yellow Legged Hornet

Anne LeBrun, National Policy Manager

USDA’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program and its state partners are working together to protect honey bees and other pollinators.

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Yellow-legged hornet showing “hawking” or predation behavior with honey bees (Photo by Georgia Department of Agriculture)

USDA’s Cutting-Edge Methods Help Deliver a Victory Against Asian Giant Hornet

October 29, 2020 Greg Rosenthal, Communications Specialist, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

After weeks of searching, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) entomologists–—using a radio tag provided by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and a trap developed by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service–— have located and eradicated the first Asian giant hornet (AGH)...

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