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Old 14-04-2013, 03:05 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 14/04/2013 14:46, Roger Tonkin wrote:
In article 2u4lm8pcrjm1h8gm6lnaavic1109tl67v3@
4ax.com, lid says...



We have no bees. Some local teenage yobs vandalised bee hives and
killed 250,000 bees


How sad, I doubt if they realise that even the beer or
lager they consume relies on them.


I'm struggling to see how. Barley is wind pollinated and hops used by
brewers are mostly seedless and hence unpollinated.
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Phil Cook