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NEWBURY Beekeepers Association has launched a free Swarm Line service. For the next couple of months, it is swarming season for honey bees. The association is launching the project as a free public service. Association treasurer Ben Tichband said: “It’s so that people can report honey bee swarms to us. “We will collect them and rehome them to a beekeeper in the area to look after.” In Newbury, Thatcham and surrounding villages the Newbury beekeepers has a team of volunteers to man the swarm line. They are all experienced and insured beekeepers who will come and collect swarms which will be reh…

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