The honeydew produced by a scale insect on the bark of beech trees attracts European wasps which take the food favoured by honey-eating birds. In the 'mainland island', field staff poisoned 2300 nests killing some 1.7 million wasps during 1999.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 296, 1 May 2000, Page 19
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40The honeydew produced by a scale insect on the bark of beech trees attracts European wasps which take the food favoured by honey-eating birds. In the 'mainland island', field staff poisoned 2300 nests killing some 1.7 million wasps during 1999. Forest and Bird, Issue 296, 1 May 2000, Page 19
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