That’s interesting, Dawn. Filipe voiced similar concerns during the Blenheim
wild bee tour on the weekend, although he was speaking more about the local
level, ie not putting in too many honeybee colonies in an area without being
aware of what other beekeepers in the area are doing, so as to not use up all
the pollen and nectar resources and not leaving anything for wild bees and
other pollinators. I thought it was a really interesting way of looking at
things, and it had never occurred to me before that there could be such a thing
as too many honeybees.
Juli
On 8 Jul 2021, at 07:20, Dawn Gosling <magikmum49@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I dont know if anyone else heard the World Service on BBC this morning but
they were talking to beekeepers in Africa, North America and London. One of
the beekeepers I think it was the chap in London, said that there are too
many bees and this is killing of our indeginoue bees. We should be providing
natural food for bees but not keeping them in such number.
Is this now the theory? Or has it been the theory all along?
Dawn
