Poisoning from farm pesticides stuns beekeepers

Bees not only produce honey; they are also crucial to the food supply, pollinating hundreds of crops.

Mina Karki from Dekuldanda in Ribdikot rural municipality, Palpa, has been engaged in beekeeping for 30 years. But recently, with the rising use of pesticides in commercial farming, she has been facing the problem. Bees are dying or fleeing.