Is it because they is black?

[bunn]

Native British black bees are apparently much more robust than standard domestic bees, may be a part of the solution to the famous Bee Problem:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/18/black-bee-co-op-population 

I am intrigued by this as I've been flirting with the idea of having a few hives, but it seems to be astoundingly hard to keep bees successfully nowadays with all the diseases that are rife. 

Comments

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Now that is interesting... There may be a worldwide problem with genetic uniformity.