CCD

Beekeepers in US blame weather and starvation for another winter of heavy colony losses, which is likely to lead to rises in the cost of pollination

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The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) will this week call for for a five-year £8m research programme to save the insect from colony collapse disorder (CCD).

Radiation from mobile phones might be contributing to the world-wide loss of bee colonies, a new study has shown.