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Cider set for huge summer as the Great British bumblebee bounces back from the brink
Bees usually provide pollination worth £600million per year to the crops in Britain which includes the apple and pear trees needed for our beloved alcoholic tipple
Bee numbers are booming thanks to the dry spring – meaning more cider for us to sup as the insects pollinate extra apple and pear trees.
And there will be more British honey too.
Britain’s bee population is thriving due to dry skies this year after millions of them died in 2024’s soggy spring.
A rush of bumblebee queen sightings was reported earlier in spring, and dry weather since is helping them to produce offspring more quickly.
More bees means more pollination as they buzz from flower to flower – meaning our gardens look better and fruit trees should produce bumper crops.
Cider-makers are looking forward to more apples and pears to use this autumn.
The bee population surge comes after decades of decline in wild bee numbers.
Beekeepers are also upbeat as honeybee numbers increase in the 250,000 hives across the UK.
Bees usually provide pollination worth £600million per year to the crops in Britain, but the value fell last year as millions died.
Bug boffin Paul Hetherington, spokesman for charity Buglife, said: “This is a much better year for bees thanks to the dry and warm spring. Populations are expected to pick up as bees breed.
“Last year’s wet spring was really bad for bee populations.”
Experts at the Royal Horticultural Society said: “Bees are important pollinators of flowering plants and crops, such as apples and pears.”
Daily Star Sunday
Bees usually provide pollination worth £600million per year to the crops in Britain which includes the apple and pear trees needed for our beloved alcoholic tipple
Bee numbers are booming thanks to the dry spring – meaning more cider for us to sup as the insects pollinate extra apple and pear trees.
And there will be more British honey too.
Britain’s bee population is thriving due to dry skies this year after millions of them died in 2024’s soggy spring.
A rush of bumblebee queen sightings was reported earlier in spring, and dry weather since is helping them to produce offspring more quickly.
More bees means more pollination as they buzz from flower to flower – meaning our gardens look better and fruit trees should produce bumper crops.
Cider-makers are looking forward to more apples and pears to use this autumn.
The bee population surge comes after decades of decline in wild bee numbers.
Beekeepers are also upbeat as honeybee numbers increase in the 250,000 hives across the UK.
Bees usually provide pollination worth £600million per year to the crops in Britain, but the value fell last year as millions died.
Bug boffin Paul Hetherington, spokesman for charity Buglife, said: “This is a much better year for bees thanks to the dry and warm spring. Populations are expected to pick up as bees breed.
“Last year’s wet spring was really bad for bee populations.”
Experts at the Royal Horticultural Society said: “Bees are important pollinators of flowering plants and crops, such as apples and pears.”
Daily Star Sunday