1965: Beekeeping for the King of Libya

Fyfe Robertson reported from the mountains of Cyrenaica in Libya on a British woman who looked after the royal Cyrenaican bees of the King of Libya. King Idris employed Miss Olive Brittan as the Royal Beekeeper after the Second World War.

Fyfe meets Miss Brittan for a honey taste-test, hears the benefits that make juniper honey so popular with the King, and takes a tour of the beehives.

Aspects of this programme reflect the time when it was made.

Exerpt taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC One, Wednesday 3 March, 1965.

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