POLLINATORS UNDER PRESSURE: Bees threatened by booming macadamia nut industry

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Rapid growth in macadamia nut cultivation in South Africa has been good for farmers, but not for beekeepers, who are losing bee colonies to intense insecticide use.

Bees threatened by booming macadamia nut industry by Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick July 31, 2022 Bees are among the major pollinators of a large number of the plants we eat and, as the demand for food grows, these key insects are under pressure. Farmers are growing crops at a rate that requires more pesticides, which have negative effects on insects, particularly bee colony populations.

This article first appeared on Daily Maverick and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

 

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