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Are honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) native to the British Isles?

2008-01-01

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Biological, historical and archaeological evidence proves that honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) have been present in the British Isles for at least 4000 years, and suggests that they probably entered from southern Europe after the retreat of the last Ice Age. Recent studies show that rather than having been destroyed by disease in the early 20th century, or obliterated by imports of other strains of honey bee, the d...

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Literature Corpus work: 37da65cd-cc14-591f-a0c7-7ec6d61c83ea
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2008.11101482

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