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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Asia Pacific World Britons find home is where the honey is AFP - Monday, September 21 Send IM Story Print The humble honey bee is facing rapid decline in Britain, due to a combined assault from pesticides, deadly viruses and changing weather conditions. But leading the fight back are a growing number of amateur urban beekeepers. LONDON (AFP) - – In tiny urban gardens, Britons are doing their bit to counter the mysterious worldwide decline of bees -- they are starting to keep their own. The ancient art of beekeeping is enjoying a renaissance in Britain, fuelled by concerns about the provenance of food and the desire to do something for the environment. Jon Harris, 43, was a bee novice just six months ago. Now, with hundreds of bees buzzing around him in his white protective suit, he lifts the frames out of the hive in his compact back garden in Brixton, south London, and gives a satisfied smile at what he finds. "That honeycomb is just amazing," he says, brushing off the remaining bees to reveal the white-crusted product of the busy insects' magic. Harris has enjoyed a bumper first summer with his hive, harvesting 20 kilogrammes (45 pounds) of honey -- "which goes to prove there is something around here they love." Bees don't need pastures of wild flowers to find nectar -- the hedgerows and bushes alongside the railway line behind his house are a perfect substitute, but they will happily fly up to four miles (6.5 kilometres) looking for food. When Harris was made redundant from his job as a retail buying manager in March, he found he had time on his hands. He had always wanted to keep bees -- but he thought his garden was too small for a hive. A one-day course on urban beekeeping set him on the right path. "As long as you have enough room for a hive, you've got enough room to keep bees," he told AFP. "It is one of those hobbies that gets you outdoors and it actually gets you involved with something natural as opposed to doing a pottery course or a photography course." While the bees are thriving in one London garden, globally they are in trouble. Experts gathered this weekend in the southern French city of Montpellier for the 41st world apiculture conference, Apimondia, to ponder why parts of North America and Europe, and now also Asia, have been struck by Colony Collapse Disorder, which can wipe out up to 90 percent of a bee community. Chris Deaves, chair of education at the British Beekeepers' Association, said a combination of factors was probably to blame. "The decline is real," he says. "In the UK last winter we lost about 21 percent (of the population). "The winter before it was about 25 to 30 percent. It is probable that the cause is multi-layered." Some experts say the blood-sucking varroa mite could be to blame, but pesticides, viruses and industrialised farming are also suspected to be attacking and weakening bee communities. "It is rather like a human being, when you are rundown you may start to exhibit the effects of the flu," Deaves says. But his smile returns when he reflects on the newfound public enthusiasm for his passion in Britain. "The interest in beekeeping is growing very, very rapidly," he said. "Perhaps it is because of the feeling that everybody has to do something to make the planet a better place to live," especially in polluted cities. "You can't keep cows or sheep (in a city), but you can keep bees," Deaves said. "People are also concerned about having the capability to create food in the UK," and people are increasingly worried about where their food comes from, and how many air miles were involved in getting it to the dinner table, he said. Back in Brixton, Jon Harris' honey has travelled just a few steps from the garden to his kitchen. He slices the honeycomb, takes a taste and licks his lips. "It has got a very minty, eucalyptus-y taste to it when it comes out. That dies back a bit. But it is probably the best honey I have tasted." 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