Movement of bees needs careful regulation, claims McGuinness

THE movement of bees across borders and around the globe should be subjected to the same careful regulation as the movement of cattle and other livestock in the European Union, according to Ireland East MEP, Mairéad McGuinness.

She told the European Parliament in Strasbourg yesterday that the importance of bees in crops production continues to be underestimated.

“We will only fully appreciate the work of bees, when the bee populations disappear. But it will then be too late to act.