"..The bee is a most underrated species; without it our food sources would disappear and we would starve and yet no native Irish honey bees survive in the wild, due to foreign viruses being brought in on imported bees. NUIG has joined forces with NIHBS (The Native Irish Honey Bee Society) to breed a strain that will be tolerant to the devastating Varroa Destructor parasite. ..."
Read more here: Connacht Tribune
