Beekeepers buzzing about thriving population [Bermuda]
September 16, 2016
From: Royal Gazette
Rajan Simons
King of bees: beekeeper Randolph Furbert, former president of the Bermuda Beekeepers Association (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Bermuda’s beekeepers are getting back on their feet after the plague that struck their hives in 2008.
The tiny varroa mite preyed on local honey bees eight years ago, causing the number of beehives to fall from 350 to about 125.
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