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BBC North West Regional Documentaries: Record Detail

Accession Number

B224

Series Title

[UNKNOWN]

Programme Title

BEE KEEPING

Producer

[Unknown]

Other Credits

Presenter: Richard Duckenfield

Transmission Date

14/06/72

 

colour , mute + sound, 03 mins 55 secs

Synopsis

Part mute footage showing Tom Cairn from Sale, of the British Isles Bee Breeders Association, tending to bee hives in a field. He is interviewed by Richard Duckenfield about imports of foreign bees, attempts to breed British queen bees from the Isle of Man and repopulate Britain with British bees. There are close-ups of the bees on honeycomb "frames" in the hives.