Adjusting to temperature and providing water can help save Kenya farmers’ bees, study says

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Adjusting to temperature and providing water can help save Kenya farmers’ bees, study says

NAIROBI ― Temperature can increase bee colony loss in dry, hot and wet seasons, but a study has found that beekeepers practicing water provision to the bees experience up to 10% less decrease. The yearlong research conducted among bee farmers in Kenya revealed that between October 2021 and September 2022, the farmers lost an average of 36% of their honeybee colonies due to climate change effects. Bees play a vital role in the pollination of plan…