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Beekeepers left devastated after New Year's Day floods ravage plot and drown more than 300,000 bees
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA beekeeper has been left devastated after the horrific New Year's Day floods in south Manchester ravaged his plot and drowned more than 300,000 bees.
Daniel Kershaw, 40, from Heaton Moor, has been breeding bees at his plot near the River Mersey in Cheadle for three years and sells his honey locally with mentor and friend Simon, who has 10 years of beekeeping experience.
But the pair were met with a scene of destruction days after much of the region flooded on New Year's Day. The River Mersey partially burst its banks causing widespread flooding in Cheadle and nearby Didsbury.
They lost 12 beehives, with the insects completely drowned when the relentless rain struck - killing around 360,000 of them.
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