A STRIKING difference in honey-bee survival rates between the east and west of Scotland has been recorded by scientists, prompting calls for more action to tackle the species' decline.
A team at Dundee University studied more than 600 colonies across the country in 2011/12.
Of 274 colonies checked in the east of the country, 58, or 21%, failed, but just 14 of 286 colonies failed in the west, about 5%.
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