Honey shortage leaves our bees on their knees
BUZZING: A colony of honey bees can contain up to 60,000 bees at its peak, with one queen bee per hive
Allison Bray
They've been busy as, well, bees, but the wet, cold summer threatens to cause a honey famine.
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