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Last broadcast on Mon, 9 Nov 2009, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
There was a lot going on in Weybridge as Sheila Dillon joined beekeepers, enthusiasts and scientists from all over the world at the 78th National Honey Show.
We hear the latest on the well-publicised problem of honeybee colony collapse disorder, meet a beekeeper who first attended the show in 1936 at the old Crystal Palace, and get inside an observation hive with Reigate Beekeepers' Association.
Music
The music featured in the programme is Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumble Bee recorded by The Swingle Singers on their 1982 CD Live in New York
Ninemaidens Mead
Ninemaidens Mead
Display of honey jars - copyright Val Rhenius
Broadcasts
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Sun 8 Nov 200912:32
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Mon 9 Nov 200916:00
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