This summer, the tech will be tested in areas across the south of England where most Asian hornet sightings have been
An Asian hornet is attracted to an AI system with sugar and fermented fruit, where it is identified and the alarm is sounded could be significantly reduced after scientists developed a new AI system that can spot them with a high degree of accuracy and raise the alarm.that entices the hornets with a mixture of sugar and fermented fruit extracts, takes and analyses a photograph of them using artificial intelligence.
They plan to make the system, known as VespAI, commercially available after that, primarily to local authorities and bee keepers – ultimately reducing the number of hornets that end up in our gardens. They also eat honey bees in vast quantities, consuming 50 honey bees a day, with a swarm of insects capable of killing a hive of 30,000.
“Asian hornets have already invaded much of mainland Europe and parts of east Asia, and have recently been reported in the US states of Georgia and South Carolina. Peter Kennedy, also of Exeter University, who conceptualised the system, added: “Unfortunately, the majority of reports submitted by the public are misidentified native species, meaning that the responsible agencies have to manually validate thousands of images every year – our system thus aims to provide a vigilant, accurate and automated surveillance capability to remediate this,” said
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