Honey Bee Apis
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| The familiar Honey Bee is well known to most, but this former very common species is now becoming increasingly less so. Many former wild nests we have known, have now either completely died out or possibly relocated to new nest sites. Two former Eakring nests disappeared years ago and we now know of only two in Sherwood Forest area. The main threat to the Honey Bee is through the Varroa destructor Mite, which arrived in the UK over a decade ago and Colony Collapse Disorder. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has yet to be identified in the UK, but is thought likely to be present and is now widespread in America and parts of Europe. The number of colonies being lost has steadily increased since 2001, due to the mite becoming resistant to all available treatments. The two photographs featuring a swarm of Honey Bees, were taken in 2009 by Sherwood Forest Ranger Gary Joynt. | ||
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| UK distribution of Apis
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 The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares. Updated September 2011 |
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