Ruden (island)
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Ruden ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a small island in the Baltic Sea, between Rügen and Usedom off the German coast. Ruden belongs to the municipality of Kröslin, in the German state (Bundesland) of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Before the storm tide of All Saints Day in 1304, Ruden was probably part of a land bridge between Usedom and Rügen.
Today, the Ruden is a nature reserve. On the island there is a private mating station where colonies of Buckfast bees are kept and used for breeding,<ref name="LBMV-Ruden">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> since the adverse environmental conditions and the distance to the nearest mainland mean that the population cannot mix with other bee colonies.
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