The county is one of the worst affected areas in terms of the contagious bee disease American fry rot, a bacteria that kills the larvae of the bee community.

- That almost the entire municipality has been declared a protected area is worrying, says Falkenberger Bengt Frizell, beekeeper and member of the Swedish Beekeepers' National Association who now wants stricter control to prevent the spread of infection.

In the clip above, Bengt Frizell tells more about this year's honey harvest, how the infection spreads.