Friday 5 November 2010

Bee news!

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/efa79954-8d21-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.html
Bee on sedum flowers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083210/Beekeepers-protest-deadly-parasite-killed-2billion-bees-ONE-year.html

Beekeepers protest over deadly parasite that has killed 2billion bees in ONE year




Beekeepers outside Parliament, where they were calling for more research into the pest that has killed off a third of England's bee colonies
Campaigners march through the centre of London to call for more funding for research on bee health









http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f6385368-d66c-11df-81f0-00144feabdc0.html



Busy bees: Part-time apiarists
Robin Leigh-Pemberton
The former governor of the Bank of England installed two hives in the Bank’s roof garden. In an interview with the FT he said: “You can’t handle bees, do things with them, without being totally absorbed with them. If you don’t pay attention or do something stupid, they will attack you, possibly on a massive scale.”

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