2009 - Alderney Bees

Date of issue: 26 February 2009.

Our Alderney Bees edition features beautifully detailed artwork depicting a variety of bee species pictured within Alderney settings.

A hint at the bee’s habits is often given by its ‘common name’ and this is demonstrated well in a number of the bees featured in this issue.

We must be thankful to these tiny insects; as bees pollination is vital to our food chain, one third of the food we eat would not be available but for bees