Why This Man Is Relocating Thousands of Bees to Farms — & What It Has To Do With Your Next Meal |
Did you know that nearly 70% of the world’s pollination is done by bees? That means bees are directly responsible for one-third of the food on our plates. Take onions, for instance — a vegetable whose cultivation largely depends on bee pollination.
India produces 15,000 tonnes of onion seeds every year, and 70% of that is pollinated by honey bees.
But this year, onion fields have seen noticeably fewer bees — a worrying sign for pollination and crop........