Parasites, pesticides, malnutrition behind reasons on death of honeybees in Jumla

Jumla, Sept 13: A team of the Apiculture Development Centre, Godavari, Lalitpur, arrived here to study the mass death of honeybees kept at homes has conducted its study.

At an interaction organized among bee keeping farmers, group of experts of Centre and bodies concerned of the district today, Centre Chief and apiculture expert, Tirtha Kumar Shrestha, said problems like infection, parasites, pesticides and malnutrition are reasons behind death of bees.

The bees died as there was no required amount of honey in the upper part of the honeycomb, he mentioned. Shrestha stated that farmers should pay special attention to make honeycomb rich and nutritious as honeybees started dying if honeycomb lacks the required quantity of honey and nutrition.

"In course of study, the managerial side of beekeeping here is good. Beehives have been kept in a systematic manner," he said, adding that malnutrition, use of pesticide in pasture are reasons behind the death of honeybees. 

The sample of dead honeybees would be sent to the Centre for further study and abroad, if required, to identify the disease, mentioned Shrestha. (RSS)