The Sound of the British Summer: Gone in 10 Years?
Globalization brings with it many threats to endemic island species.
Certainly, as an example, food air miles often makes the news, with consumers urged to buy locally, in a bid to cut down trade reliant on kerosene and its resultant CO2 emissions.
But importing foreign foods brings with it additional risks and uncertainties. One can never know for sure what else is being imported along with their food.
I use this, I stress, as merely a clue as to what may have caused the varroa mite, which carries a number of viruses and which has wreaked havoc on UK bee colonies.
