Short bit on BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today this morning

[pnkemp]

Only about 4 minutes, but if you want to hear it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y9y6p

Or search for today's Farming Today on catch up.

Basically about the risk to native bees from imports carrying disease.

 

[ugcheleuce]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y9y6p

Thanks, accessible without a proxy server from my place. Bee portion is from 03:47 to 7:00.

 

[itma]

Only about 4 minutes, but if you want to hear it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y9y6p

Or search for today's Farming Today on catch up.

Basically about the risk to native bees from imports carrying disease.

Written up on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30831257

Research at Exeter University, threat to wild pollinators from imported diseases coming with imports of honeybees AND BUMBLEBEES.
There was a bit of a thing about this last year - it turns out that imported bumblebees (for glasshouse pollination) aren't inspected because they are the same species as native bumblebees - which is kinda surprising to importers of species other than bumblebees ...


/// found it ! (two years ago? ...)
http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25257