Bee expert’s labour of love
March 6, 2015
From: IOM Today
Dave Kneale
Official recognition from the European Union that the island’s bee population is free of the deadly varroa mite was almost ten years in the making.
But for 79-year-old beekeeper Harry Owens, it’s the culmination of four decades of work as the island’s bee inspector.
Originally taking the post before the 1988 Bee Disease Act banned bee imports, he’s advised the government’s Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture in beekeeping matters for 37 years.
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