Death knell sounds for European beekeepers due to pesticides, bee disease

Europe's beekeeping industry could be wiped out in less than a decade as bees fall victim to disease, insecticides and intensive farming, according to the international beekeeping body Apimondia.

"With this level of mortality, European beekeepers can only survive another 8 to 10 years," Gilles Ratia, president of Apimondia, told Reuters. Last year, about 30 percent of Europe's 13.6 million hives died.
About 35 percent of European food crops relying on bees to pollinate them.

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