The Swaffham Crier Online

SOS for Honey Bees

The W.I. and Village Gardeners are having a joint meeting on Tuesday January 19th at 8.00pm the village hall .The speaker will be a local Bee Keeper talking on the "Ins and Outs of the Honey Bee" and in particular, about the alarming decline in the species.

The W.I. as a national body,has lobbied the government, to fund more research into what is killing the honey bees, their health, well being, including diseases, disease resistance, management of hives and availability of food for bees-flowers! Please come along and learn more on the topic. Some of you might even have the urge to start keeping bees, or at least to grow more plants that they especially like. Every one is welcome.

Margaret Joyce