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News Local News Buckfast 'Buckfast bees' group are buzzing after £20,000 windfall The Big Lottery Fund will hand over the cash to Avondale Community Beekeepers.

AROUND 5000 “ Buckfast bees” have been killed – after mindless vandals targeted their hives. The yobs discovered hives set up by a community project involving schoolkids, housing bees first ...

The bees of Buckfast Abbey are in safe hands with Dr Dharfer Behnam. He's been looking after these creatures for the past five years - but he insists it's just a hobby.

The Scottish Parliament takes delivery of its own batch of "Buckfast" variety honey bees.

Last week the Buckfast monks and lay brothers busied themselves redding up the abbey as well as performing their usual work at their beehives and their huge wine casks (they sell honey, market a ...

The bees are calm, acclimatised to the Scottish climate and are prolific honey producers, and will be a very welcome addition at Holyrood.” Related topics: Scottish Parliament Holyrood People ...

A colony of Buckfast honeybees arrive at the Scottish Parliament where it is hoped the colony will produce honey.

One of the UK’s beloved drinks hit a record high of sales last year as customers continue to enjoy the somewhat controversial tipple. Buckfast sold more than £55 million in the last year, new ...

The lovely, historic Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, England, has been around since the late 1800s and is home to a traditional order of monks who would not look out of place in a Friar Tuck ...

Most of us have heard of Buckfast the drink, but few realise it is also a 'buzz' word for bees. Coolaney-based beekeeper Brian Ambrey keeps Buckfast bees, a strain of the honey bee. He explains ...

A colony of Buckfast honeybees arrive at the Scottish Parliament where it is hoped the colony will produce honey.