CATCH THE BUZZ- Scotland’s Plan to Boost Biodiversity
Scotland plans to protect 30% of its land to boost biodiversity. The new laws will help safeguard Scottish biodiversity and the natural economy, which…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – A Scottish Beekeeper in a Nazi Concentration Camp, and, Honey Bees Delivering Pesticides to Protect Plants.
Company Sergeant Major James Hamilton Savage persuaded the Nazi guards in Stalag 383 to allow him to set up beehives behind the barbed wire…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Best Young International Beekeeper of 2019 is 15 and from Scotland.
By: Alan Harman Scottish schoolboy Martin Leahy, 15, is crowned champion of the world after winning the title of best young international beekeeper of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – A leading biologist says Scotland’s native honey bees are being threatened by imports brought in because of the hobby’s growing popularity.
The imported bees are more readily available but carry a greater risk of bringing in disease from the Varroa mite. A new group, the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Scotland’s heather honey crop a bust this year.
Alan Harman, from Scottish TV Scottish beekeepers say the honey crop was a virtual failure last summer thanks to dreich (wet, cold or gloomy)…
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