beekeeper

So far, only a small number of organisations have signed up, including a group of beekeepers, an electrical firm, a community football club, and several community centres and colleges.

I even thought he was cute when he arrived for one of our hikes looking like a beekeeper with his wide-brimmed safari hat.

The number of nests so far discovered in the UK is down on 2023, but many beekeepers are sceptical eradication can ever happen.

And he has sold some of the hives to businesses in Edinburgh and Fife so staff can learn how to become beekeepers.

For beekeepers such as himself, he said, being stung on occasion can help build up a resistance.