To Be Or Not To Bee: the threat to Australian food crops
Posted on: 21 Dec, 2011
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Created by: Do Something!
A plunging number of bees could result in
Australians losing 30 per cent of the foods that make up a healthyA
plunging number of bees could result in Australians losing 30 per
cent of the foods that make up a healthy diet.A plunging number of
bees could result in Australians losing 30 per cent of the foods
that make up a healthy diet.
diet.A plunging number of bees could result
in Australians losing 30 per cent of the foods that make up a
healthy diet.
Droughts and other climatic factors have already impacted heavily
on the bee industry, with the number of WA beekeepers having halved
in the past decade.
And now a new threat has emerged in the shape of the Varroa mite,
which is tipped to enter the country in the next five to 10
years.
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