The climate crisis threatens to Pakistani bees and a honey trade | Climate crisis news
Under the dry, smoggy sky, the beekeeper in the Pakistan Province in the Punjab Province carefully loaded the boxes filled with tens of thousands of bees on the back of the truck.
Together they will travel 500 KM (about 300 miles) in all desperate chase to find flower plants, clean air and moderate temperatures for honey production because climate change and pollution threaten the industry.
Pakistani beekeepers usually move seasonally to avoid suffocation of heat or cold cold. The summers are carried out in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and winter in the Province of Central Punjab.
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This winter is marked by the sublime, dangerous levels of the smog that the government has declared a national disaster. The study found that air pollution could make it difficult to find flowers to find flowers.
Meanwhile, reduced rainfall failed to clean the suppression of the suffocation and triggered warnings about farmers.
Bees of 27,000 Pakistan beekeepers used to have a variety of leaves that fed with reliable rainfall, offering a rich source of nectar. Their honey is used in local flu drugs, full of sweets and given as gifts.
Since 2022, however, the production of Pakistan has fallen by 15 percent, according to the Government Institute for Honey Research in the capital of Islamabad.
The bees are globally threatened by changing time patterns, intense agricultural practices, changes in the use of land and pesticides.
Their loss is threatened not only by honey trade but also food safety in general, with a third of the world’s food production depends on the pollination of bees, according to the organization for food and agriculture.
Pakistani bees once produced 22 varieties of honey, but it fell to 11 while the flower seasons were shortened. Three of the four types of honey bee in the country are threatened.
Also, moving so often for beekeepers in a country where fuel prices have increased dramatically in recent years. And beekeepers who seek better time can face harassment if they are set up in areas without approval by the renters.
Some hope offers new technology intended for the bees cold, dealing with the problem of how extreme temperatures affect insects, if not their food source.
Abdullah Chaudry, a former beekeeper, has developed new hives with improved ventilation based on the inspiration of other countries that produce teddy temperatures, including Turkiya and Australia.
Early signs suggest boxes improve production by about 10 percent, but they are just part of the adaptation puzzle.
