Illustrative image of Asian Hornet Vespa velutina. (NewsX/Bee)
Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig (left) and entomologist Thomas Zuna-Kratky pose in an undated photo. The team of scientists headed by Dr Thomas Zuna-Kratky from Vienna University's Department of Evolutionary Biology found that 1,580 square kilometres of soil - which is four times the size of the federal capital - had been sealed within the last 30 years. (BML/Hemerka, NewsX/Bee)
Soil-Sealing Advances In Austria As Scientist Urges To Protect Water Sources
Picture shows what appear to be Spanish bees (Apis mellifera iberiensis), undated. The Ministry for Agriculture and Nutrition announced it would inject EUR 250,000 (GBP 219,000) into a new queen-breeding initiative on the Balearic Islands in support of the Spanish bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis). (NewsX/Bee)