A LOCAL beekeeper has appealed for the public not to call out pest controllers or use insecticides themselves as the first resort if a swarm of bees settles on their property.
David Fourt, who has been collecting swarms locally for well over 50 years, made his plea after being called out last Thursday to a swarmed colony in Hindhead, only to find 75 per cent of the bees had already been poisoned.
For full story, see this week's Haslemere Herald.