REDWOOD
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2009
- Messages
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- Location
- swansea south wales
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 10
No they haven't. That's a misleading claim from some campaigners. It's based on the number of hives registered on a national database which was established for tracking and dealing with outbreaks of foulbrood. But the database was only established a few years before and during the past few years beekeepers have been encouraged to register their bees. Because the numbers on the register increased, it doesn't mean the they didn't exist before..
And beehive number has doubled in London in 8 years...
but the number of hives now is maybe a third of what was there in the 1950s.
Possibly some opportunism, but not based entirely on self reporting. There was a post war drive to treat for acarine mite among Middx association members. The 1946 campaign included 3500 hives, that's in suburban London to the North and West, maybe a third of the area of what is now Greater London.But a bit disingenuous to quote that 'fact' as well. as the 1950's figure had been greatly boosted by the 'temporary' great increase in hives during the war to take advantage of the sugar rationing concessions...
Perhaps need to alert bpmurray with these links?
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