Apiarists from around the country have descended on Canberra this week to fight the government’s decision to halt its funding of the eradication of the Asian honey bee.
Bees
How the extinction of bees could kill us all
Bees are disappearing. Fast. But their extinction wouldn’t just mean a world without honey: it would mean a world without food, clothes, flowers or birds.
The mysterious case of the missing honeybees
A new film about declining numbers of honeybees is causing a lot of buzz (sorry) that we’re on the verge of a global “pollination crisis”. But it’s all a big myth, says New Scientist
British burglers steal bees for black market
With a recent drop in the British bee population, thieves are stealing large numbers of honey bees from bee-keepers and possibly selling them on the black market.
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