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    The ivy league

    Nov 17, 2020 2 minutes

    OCCASIONALLY I help our wonderful gardening editor Ruth Hayes with her community radio show in Dorchester, Dorset. It’s hosted by John Shepherd, and in late September I got a question that baffled me. One of John’s neighbours had seen thousands of bees on his lawn and asked what they were.

    Whenever I’m stuck for an answer about bees, I ask expert Jeremy Early of BWARS (the Bees,.

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