2024The Life of Bees - Set

In this 150th anniversary year of the British Beekeepers Association, Isle of Man Post Office is delighted to present a set of six stamps celebrating the life of bees. We are all aware of how important bees are to our ecosystem, to agriculture and to our enjoyment of nature; as well as being an integral part of food production through pollination, honeybees provide us with a surplus of delicious honey and useful wax. Throughout recorded human history there is evidence of beekeeping in many cultures and it remains one of the few livestock industries that can be enjoyed by hobbyists with as little as one single hive.