Invasive Species Week
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Official feed for the GB Invasive Species Week
Joined February 2019
A huge THANK YOU to everyone involved in #INNSweek 2025! You can find highlights on our website: https://t.co/h8N5WmPi0r
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#InvasivePlants like Himalayan balsam can: - cause devastating environmental impacts🌍 - be extremely costly to control 💰 - interfere with our health and way of life ❌ #BePlantWise and dispose of your garden waste responsibly to prevent their spread https://t.co/6pwuJRqM9p
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Are you a plant retailer? Order your free #BePlantWise kit today to help you #StopTheSpread of #InvasiveSpecies and educate your customers on how they can do this too. Visit https://t.co/6pwuJRqM9p
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Planning to clear your garden ready for winter? 🍃🍂 Invasive non-native plants can harm the environment if they escape from your garden into the wild You can help! Dispose of your plants responsibly, compost with care ♻️🌱 Find out more https://t.co/zWXdvgjhBB
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#InvasivePlants like Rhododendron can: - cause devastating environmental impacts🌍 - be extremely costly to control 💰 - interfere with our health and way of life ❌ #BePlantWise and dispose of your garden waste responsibly to prevent their spread https://t.co/6pwuJRrjYX
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Gardeners, help our native wildlife to thrive by stopping the spread of #InvasivePlants! Find out more at https://t.co/6pwuJRrjYX
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Planning to clear your garden ready for winter? 🍃🍂 Invasive non-native plants can harm the environment if they escape from your garden into the wild You can help! Dispose of your plants responsibly, compost with care ♻️🌱 Find out more https://t.co/zWXdvgiJM3
#BePlantWise
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#InvasivePlants like floating pennywort can: - cause devastating environmental impacts🌍 - be extremely costly to control 💰 - interfere with our health and way of life ❌ #BePlantWise and dispose of your garden waste responsibly to prevent their spread https://t.co/6pwuJRqM9p
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Planning next year’s planting? #BePlantWise to protect the environment! Make sure the plants you buy are: - right for your garden or aquarium - not invasive - easy to dispose of Download a free guide to plants to use in place of #invasiveplants Visit https://t.co/6pwuJRrjYX
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Did you know that your garden plants could harm the environment if they escape into the wild? 🌱🍃🌿 If you’re clearing out your garden this weekend, visit https://t.co/zWXdvgiJM3 for tips on how to #BePlantWise and prevent the spread of #InvasiveSpecies
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#InvasivePlants like montbretia can: - cause devastating environmental impacts🌍 - be extremely costly to control 💰 - interfere with our health and way of life ❌ #BePlantWise and dispose of your garden waste responsibly to prevent their spread https://t.co/6pwuJRrjYX
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Planning a garden clear out soon? 🍃🌱🍂 Help protect the environment from invasive non-native plants by disposing of garden waste responsibly. Most plants can be composted at home and the compost will benefit your garden! 🌻🌹🌼 Find out more at https://t.co/zWXdvgiJM3
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Thank you to Phoebe Gore age 6 1/2 who's mum has sent in this lovely drawing about the Asian hornet. It was done as part of achieving a Girls Guides Rainbow Badge. Thanks for helping us spread the word to everyone 🙏
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The BBKA would like to say thanks to South West Water for helping to raise awareness of yellow-legged Asian hornets with our yellow socks campaign.
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It’s #YellowLeggedAsianHornetWeek! Yellow legged hornets are predators of #HoneyBees & cause significant losses to bee colonies & other native insects. Find out how to spot and report these pests in our video and at: https://t.co/3G0S47u3tY
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It’s #YellowLeggedAsianHornetWeek! Our National Bee Unit has useful Yellow-legged hornet Info on their Beebase website: https://t.co/3G0S47u3tY You can also find out more on the BBKA website: https://t.co/XGsTOgjj06.
bbka.org.uk
1st - 7th September 2025: we are urging everyone to stay alert, get informed and be ready to report any sightings of the invasive Yellow-legged Asian hornet.
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Zoom Talk by Andrew Durham: Yellow-legged Asian Hornet – Is Nest Destruction a Dangerous Delusion? Is Spring Trapping the Lesser of Two Evils? - Wednesday 3 Sept 7.30pm Zoom link sent to associations & available on BBKA Learning Platform Available on the BBKA YouTube channel
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BBKA trustee Luke Whyatt has donned a yellow-legged Asian hornet costume and visited sites across London to highlight the BBKA's yellow legged Asian hornet week. This year has seen the highest numbers so far. Awareness, Identification and reporting are the priorities.
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