In a groundbreaking programme funded by the Hellenic Agricultural Organisation, ELGO-Dimitra, bees resistant to the new conditions brought about by climate change and to illnesses such as the parasitic disease of varroosis have been propagated on Crete’s southernmost outpost of Gavdos. A pilot apiary set up by ELGO-Dimitra with the aim of producing a Greek species of honeybee with hybrid characteristics has been completely successful, providing encouraging data for beekeepers, according to a report in Haniotika Nea.