Deputy minister warns bee population under threat from climate change, pesticides

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The population of bees worldwide is increasingly being threatened due to changes in climate and soil status as well as the widespread use of pesticides,...

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The population of bees worldwide is increasingly being threatened due to changes in climate and soil status as well as the widespread use of pesticides, Deputy Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah has reportedly warned.

"Changes in land use and landscape structure, intensive agricultural practices, monoculture and use of pesticides contribute to the fragmentation and degradation of their habitat," he reportedly said in his speech at the 2022 World Bee Day Launch and Celebration in Serdang. "In 2016, thousands of farmed colonies of stingless bees died due to the El Nino phenomenon," he reportedly said.

"The initiative established in 2015 has expanded its activities not only to save bees by moving them from the area to the shelter, but also to reintroduce bees in agricultural areas that are already losing their population.

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