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EARS Research Project

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By Martin Smith
President, BBKA

Published Mar 18, 2009

EARS Press Release 02/03/09 (1.3 MB)

“The Plight of the Honey Bee”

Beekeepers in East Anglia today are buzzing with excitement, as a £100,000 bee research project gets underway.

EARS Reseach Project

Public appreciation for the plight of honey bees has never been higher. Pollination contributes £165,000,000 to the agroeconomy, yet beekeepers report up to a third of their colonies have died in each of the last two years. Member associations of The East Anglian Bee Forum decided to do something for themselves and have obtained funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate the interaction of honey bees and varroa – a parasitic mite implicated in significant UK bee loss.

Download the full EARS press release dated 02/03/09 from the link above.

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