Article: 'Feed hives or lose them' warning as bees starve to death in soaking summer; Beekeepers urged to take action to prevent more steep mortality losses.

Byline: Sally Williams

BEEKEEPERS in Wales were yesterday warned to check their colonies after reports of bees starving to death in the relentless summer rain.

The lack of nectar reaching hives because of July's downpours is the latest blow to the nation's bee population after the last two waterlogged summers cut numbers by up to a third.

And as well as posing a potential environmental catastrophe, it is estimated the problem could cost the economy millions of pounds ...

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