On the 18 June The BBC Farming today programme featured an interview with a Bee Farmer and his daughter.

Listen to the interview Here

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More lockdown rules are being relaxed in Scotland, with pubs and restaurants due to open next week.

Read all about what Lynda Christie, the beekeeper at the National Botanic Garden of Wales has been up to over the past few days 

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Last Monday or Tuesday (22/23 June), 3 of Jimmy Burns' hives were stolen from his apiary near Biggar despite being behind a locked gate and screwed down to the hive stands. It seems that his other 3 hives were fixed down sufficiently securely to avoid a similar fate. It appears that Jim isn't the only victim in the area with similar thefts being reported on social media at Glenholm near Broughton, Coulter and Carstairs in the last few months. Jimmy's hives are the rather distinctive "Wormit" design so, if found, would be easy for a bee keeper to identify.

Beware if you do find bees and hives for sale from an unexpected source, or see suspicious activity around any apiary, please phone 101 to notify the police.

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                                                                                                                                                           Ten-year-old Leila researched her own business plan and uses beeswax for her product.

The bee count was led by Grace Hayward, 18, guided by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                American beekeepers are struggling to survive against cheap imports of foreign honey.

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                                                                                                                                                          Peter Clarke was stung an estimated 500 times while removing the bees from a bricked-up fireplace.

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                                                                               A beekeeper called in to find the colony a new home says he has been stung more than 100 times.

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Japanese researchers succeed in fertilising pears using pollen carried on a soap bubble.