Honeybee
colonies have slumped in the UK from 250,000 in the 1950s, to fewer than
100,000 today
12:01AM
GMT 09 Nov 2015
Homeowners
across the country are getting together to save Britain's dwindling bee
population, George Eustice will say today.
The
announcement comes as research finds Britain's bee population is plummeting
and Honeybee colonies have slumped in the UK
from 250,000 in the 1950s, to fewer than 100,000 today.
Many
British apple crops, for example, which previously relied on honeybees, are now
almost exclusively pollinated by a handful of wild bee species.
The
Environment Minister will say the progress has been spearheaded by the
government’s National Pollinator Strategy, which has encouraged a number of
retailers and schools to set up a range of initiatives to encourage bee
pollination.
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