There have been more Asian hornet nests in Jersey than Guernsey, an expert has said An Asian hornet expert has explained why the Channel Islands, particularly Jersey, has a large number of nests.

Asian hornets are a threat to the UK's insect population The BBC has been ... On the day we visit, scientists cut open a large, rugby ball-shaped nest - 20in (50cm) tall and 15in (40cm) wide ...

The dissection of Asian hornet nests is being carried out to inform ... this would have had time to become a large nest later on as it still had two to three months of growing to do." ...