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UK faces food security catastrophe as honeybee numbers fall, scientists warn
2014-01-08 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK faces a food security catastrophe because of its very low numbers of honeybee colonies, which provide an essential service in pollinating many crops, scientists warned on Wednesday. New research reveals that honeybees provide just a quarter of the pollination needed in the UK, the second lowest level among 41 European countries. Furthermore, the controversial rise of biofuels in Europe is driving up the need for pollination five times faster than the rise in honeybee numbers. The research...
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