£8m research plea to aid bees
MOST of Britain's honey bees could be wiped out by disease in 10 years, experts warned yesterday.
Worried beekeepers are launching a nationwide campaign to force the government to fund a 8 million research project which they say is needed to save the nation's bees.
Tim Lovett, president of the British Beekeeping Association, said: "Unless we develop effective protection, there could then be massive losses of bees across the country."
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