Question 13552 — animals

Summary

Ms. Hélène Laporte draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature to the implementation of the law aimed at stemming the proliferation of the Asian hornet and preserving the beekeeping industry (Vespa velutina), promulgated on March 14, 2025. This text constitutes an important and expected step forward for the protection of biodiversity, pollinators and the beekeeping industry, as well as for the safety of populations. It establishes the need for a coordinated response on a national scale to the proliferation of this invasive exotic species, now present throughout the territory. The law of March 14, 2025 provides in particular for the mobilization of funding intended to support beekeepers and to strengthen actions to combat this predator. In the field, beekeepers directly suffer the effects of the pressure exerted by the Asian hornet: predation on apiaries, weakening of colonies, production losses and additional expenses to ensure the protection of farms. In many territories, these economic consequences are particularly serious, even though beekeeping operations often have limited financial margins. However, at this stage, the modalities compensation provided for by law remain to be clarified and implemented. In order to give a concrete expression to the commitments included in this text, it asks it for the modalities of allocation of the amounts resulting from the lifting of the pledge planned at the time of its adoption, in particular with a view to the rapid establishment of a system of compensation for beekeepers, the financing of research intended to improve the methods of combating this pest and the coordination of these means with the national control plan.

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