Kikuube beekeepers decry dwindling bee population, want herbicides regulated
Kikuube District Beekeeping Farmers’ Cooperative Society chairperson Simon Byamukama says the increasing environmental destruction and use of herbicides by farmers is reducing the population of bees and other important insects.
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According to him, Kikuube used to have many bees but the population has reduced as a result of using herbicides and destruction of forest. (AFP Photos)
By NewVision Reporter
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Farmers in Kikuube, especially in the beekeeping business, have decried the dwindling population of key crop pollinators: The bees.
The farmers claim that herbicides are