PQ 786
786. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to address the plight of Irelands only native honey bee apis mellifera mellifera which is endangered due to the importation of more dominant non-native species of bees, and the loss of habitat; if there is a specific source of funding which would help establish areas with more robust protection and larger colonies which would sustain the increase of the Irish black bee population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36910/26]
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786. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to address the plight of Irelands only native honey bee apis mellifera mellifera which is endangered due to the importation of more dominant non-native species of bees, and the loss of habitat; if there is a specific source of funding which would help establish areas with more robust protection and larger colonies which would sustain the increase of the Irish black bee population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36910/26]
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