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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http://tinyurl.com/66tnzx

"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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