Andrew Hodsman

Carthagena Lleyns & Carthagena Charollais sheep

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Every February, the biggest forced migration of livestock on the planet rolls across America on the backs of lorries. The cargo is bees, and a great many arrive dead.

- Around 70% of America's commercial honeybees, nearly two million hives, are loaded onto flatbeds and hauled to one valley in California
- They pollinate the almonds, because that valley grows 80% of the world's supply and cannot pollinate a single tree itself
- The blossom lasts three weeks. The rest of the year is bare, sprayed dirt, so the bees are kept alive on sugar syrup like patients on a drip
- They arrive drenched in fungicide and stacked four high, swapping diseases at the most crowded bee gathering on earth
- In the year to spring 2025, commercial keepers lost about 62% of their colonies, near 1.7 million hives. Boxes strong in autumn stood silent by February. The worst on record

Almond milk is sold as the gentle, cruelty-free sip for people who would rather not trouble an animal. It is poured from the deadliest pollination event human beings have ever staged.

[Andrew Hodsman @AFHodsman]

@thelumbflock Very jealous

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@R_o_s_i_e_H Awesome pictures

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@johnordidge Was looking last night at Covexin 10 but was out of stock in some places🤷🏻‍♂️

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Better late then never👍

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@thelumbflock @HampsSheep @johnson_aled5 @MJBeckwith16 @kelseyflock @Maolfarmiona @joshmaude5 @dos_down @helengeorgina94 @rhderryman @matthew_geen @nativebreedsGB @natsheep Well done John and the lads

[Andrew Hodsman @AFHodsman]

Grand evening

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@ThrimbyFarms Incredible

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@AmandaOwen8 Well done Bill. Your work would not be easy but to you it was not work.
That picture with Clive is awesome

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@DavidPo65599856 @ChrisGPackham @DailyMailUK Same as the BBC then

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Lambing 2019, we're off !

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RT if you are supporting our world class farmers for #BackBritishFarming Day 🚜 🐄🐷🐑🐔🍓🍏🍅🌾🍰🚜

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