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Being Green - 18 Aug 23_Mike Allsop

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Although it still feels like we are very much in the depths of winter, spring is not too far off. And as the flowers begin to bloom, so bees begin to emerge from their hives in search of pollen and nectar. In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Mike Allsop, a senior researcher at the Agricultural Research Council’s Plant Protection Research Institute, about the importance of the honeybee.
18 Aug 2023 English South Africa Health & Fitness

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