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titled “Queens’ Land” describe the running of a huge company. In this new book Norman Rice describes his beekeeping travels, with Heather his wife and business partner, to many countries.
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including postage The chapters of this new book sparkle like the finest mead, full of the author’s good humour and love for her subject. All sorts of recipes are 2ad out for our eiertainment like a MWfad eet street bazaar - a feast of experience, wisdom and interest. The author provides an eclectic range of recipes from the fool-proof to the extremely exotic,
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including postage This new book describes Koos Biesmeijer’s research on stingless bees carried out with colleagues at Utrecht University, Netherlands and in Costa Rica. The introduction includes a description of the research sites. The book includes studies on colony
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