Save our bees, please

From: Derby Evening Telegraph | Date: May 8, 2008| Author: martin naylor | Copyright information

A Bee-keeper from Derbyshire is urging people to sign a petition asking the Government to kick-start research into honey bees.

The petition has been launched on the back of a dramatic fall in the number of bees over the winter, as viruses struck hives across the region.

Some UK bee-keepers have seen thousands of their bees die and have had to close down hives.

Other apiarists have been unable to produce any honey at all.

Mike Cross, secretary of Derbyshire Bee-Kee...

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