Challenges Plague Nepal's Beekeeping Industry Amidst Climate Change and Pests

Chitwan. Although there is immense potential for beekeeping business in Nepal, beekeeping and wild bee conservation are both becoming challenging due to climate change, lack of grazing areas, infection of diseases and parasites, infestation of small hive beetles, and unorganized honey hunting.

According to Sujan Amgai, office chief of the Beekeeping Development Center, Bhandara, beekeeping farmers have recently had to face problems like changes in weather, lack of grazing, infection of diseases and parasites, and infestation of small hive beetles simultaneously.