Hives have been wiped out along with large amounts of valuable leatherwood trees that are expected to take more than 100 years to recover. About 70 per cent of the state's honey is produced using ...

About 70 per cent of the state's honey production relies on the annual flowering of the leatherwood trees. Now extreme heat and damaging fires have crippled the once-blossoming industry.

Cape Town - Gale-force winds tore through the Western Cape on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, uprooting trees, flipping over trucks and leaving key routes barred to commuters. Provincial ...

“It is also too early to assess what damage has been done to specific vegetation, including leatherwood trees. “The trouble also is that the smoke can make it difficult for the bees to naviga ...

Beekeepers are concerned leatherwood trees, endemic to western Tasmania and crucial to their industry, may also be affected by the fires. Authorities say the Pine Forest Moor Hut on the Overland ...