Bumblebee numbers in Scotland are suddenly
noticed as lower only because crops are
suddenly going unpollinated.
To my knowledge, CCD symptoms have not
been found in the UK to date, but the
mention of "inexperienced beekeepers"
sounds appropriately curmudgeonly.
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"A spokesperson said: 'This is mainly due to
loss of flower-rich habitats due to increasing
intensification of land-use for agriculture,
forestry and development.'"
"Willie Robson at the Chain Bridge Honey Farm
near Berwick said honey bee numbers could have
dropped because fewer people were keeping them.
As well as facing colony collapse syndrome,
honey bees were threatened by inexperienced
beekeepers, and insecticides."
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