From the Vita Europe website “Researchers have discovered that honeybees can bite as well as sting and that the bite contains a natural anaesthetic. The anaesthetic may not only help honeybees fend off pests such as wax moth and the parasitic varroa mite, but it also has great potential for use in human medicine.” Read the full story here (opens new window or tab).
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See the attached article following progress of the Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre in the July edition of the ‘Waitrose Weekend‘ magazine. You may also be interested in the original front page article in the March edition of the ‘Waitrose Weekend‘ magazine!
Click on this link to see a feature on the Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre at Scolton Manor, filmed by Waitrose in support of the Prince’s Countryside Fund.
BBC Radio Wales visited Scolton Manor on Wednesday 4thJuly to do a feature on the new Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre, which was broadcast on BBC Radio Wales ‘Country Focus’ on Sunday 8th July. A short preview of this was broadcast the preceeding Friday on BBC Radio Wales, ‘Good Morning Wales, and an edited version of this can be heard here.
Pembrokeshire Life magazine has written an article about the new Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre at Scolton Manor in their June edition.
You might want to check it out!
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association 