Picture shows Tasmanian apiarist Lindsay Bourke, undated. He labelled the small hive beetle a "shocking pest" and warned that the species would pose a serious threat to local apiaries. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows the environmentalist organisation NABU in Berlin, Germany, undated. Environmentalists in Berlin have urged councillors to improve the situation of insects by stopping the sealing of the city's numerous fallow grounds. (Google Maps, NewsX/Bee)
Berlin Wastelands ‘Incredibly Important’ For Bees
Gerhard Riesenberger, 46, from the small town of Kilb, Lower Austria, poses in undated photo. Gerhard - whose cattle farm consists of around 140 animals - got into beekeeping as a teenager and has kept going ever since. (Gerhard Riesenberger, NewsX/Bee)