The release is coming soon!!

Dear all
 
It's exciting times on the subt project as the release is fast approaching!! The week before last I walked around RSPB Dungeness with Pete Akers and Bob Gomnes to assess how the release fields were doing. This years flowers are quite late because of the cold weather we have been experiencing. Originally the release was going to be within the first week of June but we feel the flowers will not have come through by this time so we have postponed the release until a bit later.
 
In order for the queens to be released we have to prove that they do not have any diseases which are not already present in the UK bumblebee populations. Therefore Rosemary (our breeder) sent over dead males and queen specimens for analysis. To date it looks like there is nothing on the bees which the UK doesn't already have. Which makes sense as they came from the UK in the first place.
 
We are now getting the finishing touches together for the release. Watch this space for more details....
 
Nikki

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