Business & Economy
Disease outbreaks, pesticide use push beekeeping business into crisis
JHAPA: Beekeeping, once a thriving source of income for farmers in Jhapa, is facing a growing crisis due to recurring disease outbreaks, indiscriminate pesticide use and difficulties in marketing honey, threatening the livelihoods of commercial beekeepers. Devi Kumari Dahal of Shivasatakshi Municipality-11, popularly known as the ‘Bee Sister’, has lost 150 beehives to disease, leaving […]
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