Bees

Bees send footballers diving

Bees send footballers diving
A football match in Tanzania is briefly stopped when a swarm of bees invades the pitch.

Bee

About a bee: which has had a profound impact on human culture and society across history.
Bees have been the subject of fascination and reverence since ancient times. Natural Histories explores the story of bees and why humans like to compare themselves to them, seeing ourselves as either virtuous workers or moral examples.  The ancient Greek poets thought of themselves as bees who foraged  and chose the sweetest words to produce great art, while the Victorians admired bees for their industry and selflessness. But with news of declining bee populations around the world, Natural Histories talks to those who monitor the decline of some species and try to address the ecological problems causing their demise, as well as to honeybee keepers who say that in the cities, bees are actually thriving.
Bee Image : Jane Adams

Producer: Maggie Ayre

Becoming a qualified beekeper at 17

TJ is seventeen and wants to be a qualified beekeeper.

TJ Cunningham has become a qualified beekeeper at just 17-years-old.

Initially torn between getting chickens or bees, Mr Cunningham decided to keep bees for environmental reasons.

"Bees are quite obviously essential to our environment, but sadly their numbers are declining. So beekeeping is quite a good way to combat this," Mr Cunningham said.

His aim is to one day represent England at the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers.

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