A 2008 article on the dire state of the Britain's honey

Home-produced honey could run out by Christmas because of a fall in the UK bee population, experts have warned.
Nearly one in three of Britain's honeybee hives failed to survive last winter and spring, according to the British Beekeeper's Association.

And that will have an effect on the country's honey industry.
Stuart Bailey, chairman of the UK's biggest producer, Rowse Honey, said: 'Supplies continue to dribble through and we might have enough for another six weeks or so but I expect it to be gone before Christmas.'
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