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Asian Hornet Watch and Sighting Log
A free printable Asian hornet monitoring log: stations numbered once, every check, hornets seen at the hives, and each report sent with its reference.
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What this sheet is for
Keep every hornet check and sighting with its photo and report, so none goes unreported. A sighting scribbled on a seed packet is one that never reaches the people tracking down nests.
Who it is for
Beekeepers, association hornet watch volunteers and anyone running monitoring stations near hives.
How to use it
- Write your country's reporting route and your local contact in the boxes at the top before the season starts.
- Number each monitoring station once and use that number on every check.
- Log every check, including the ones that found nothing, and release the by-catch as you go.
- Add a line for any hornet seen away from a station, at a hive entrance or on flowers, with exactly where and whether you got a photo.
- Give each report a number, send it with the photo and location, and copy down the reference you are given.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Monitoring stations numbered once, then every check and every hornet seen at the hives, each with its photo and the report it went into, so nothing seen goes unreported.
Your country's reporting route. Who to report a suspected Asian (yellow-legged) hornet to, and how, differs from country to country, and so do the rules on trapping. Write your own reporting route and local contact in the boxes below and check the rules where you are. Photograph only from a safe distance, note exactly where, and never disturb a nest.
Write-on lines: Apiary or area watched · Beekeeper · Season or year · Report by (app, email or form) · Local hornet team or contact · Phone
Monitoring stations — numbered once; the number is used in the checks below
Table, 4 rows: Station · Where it is · Type · Bait or lure · Set on · Taken in
Checks and sightings — every station check, even an empty one, and every hornet seen anywhere else
Table, 17 rows: Date · Time · Station or place · Hornets · Doing what · Station work · Photo · Report no. · Initials
Page 2
Reports made — one line per report sent; keep the reference you are given
Table, 6 rows: Report no. · Date · Sent by · Photo sent · Location given · Reference · Outcome
Questions
Why is there no reporting email or app printed on the sheet?
Because the route differs from country to country and changes over time, and where the hornet is already established, single sightings may not be wanted at all. Write the current route from your national authority or association in the box at the top, and the sheet stays right for your area.
Why log the checks that found nothing?
Because a run of empty checks shows the station was being watched, and when the first hornet does turn up, the date of the last empty check tells the hornet team roughly when it arrived.
Does the sheet say what bait to use?
No. What to put in a station, and whether trapping is advised where you are at all, is guidance from your national authority or association. Write what you used in the stations table, so a change of bait can be read against the results.
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