Illustrative image of a beekeeper, undated. The number of beekeepers in the most populous region of Germany has almost doubled within the past 10 years, it has emerged. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Till Backhaus - the state's social democratic minister for agriculture of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, undated. He pledged to support the implementation of further measures to support honeybees and other pollinators such as the numerous solitary bee species. (NewsX/Bee)