Irish farmers’ beef with Brexit has been widely publicised but it seems that the beekeepers of Ireland are only now realising what a buzz kill the situation is.
A tense standoff has developed between a beekeeper in Kent who wants to ship 15m Italian bees to Northern Ireland to circumvent Brexit rules and Irish beekeepers who say the Italian bees could bring in diseases.
Politicians, journalists and innocent bystanders are all becoming embroiled in a sticky situation, I'm dubbing it “Game of Drones”.
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Considering Irish honey can sell for anything up to €45/kg, I feel there can only be one queen in this battle.
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Irish farmers’ beef with Brexit has been widely publicised but it seems that the beekeepers of Ireland are only now realising what a buzz kill the situation is.
A tense standoff has developed between a beekeeper in Kent who wants to ship 15m Italian bees to Northern Ireland to circumvent Brexit rules and Irish beekeepers who say the Italian bees could bring in diseases.
Politicians, journalists and innocent bystanders are all becoming embroiled in a sticky situation, I'm dubbing it “Game of Drones”.
Considering Irish honey can sell for anything up to €45/kg, I feel there can only be one queen in this battle.
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