Bolivia investigates death of thousands of bees in eastern country
The Bolivian government will investigate with a team of experts the causes of death of thousands of bees in the east of the country, where at least 300 hives were affected.
In the city of Rio Grande, no department of Santa Cruz, east of bolivia , the mass death of bees was reported last Monday in an "apiary plantation" where they pollinated different types of flowers and produced honey, explained to Efe the Deputy Minister of Environment and Biodiversity, Magín Herrera.
Estimate-I know that hair less 300 hives were affected in a first "investigation" at the site, said Herrera.
The death of these bees "apparently" was due to the consumption of nectar or pollen from flowers that were probably "fumigated in agricultural activity", but investigations will further clarify the reasons for this situation..
That is why, on Friday a team of experts will go to the site to start the investigation in which zootechnicians will be, agronomists, employees of the Ministry of Environment and Water and entomologists, who are the experts who study insects.
The team will take samples from the site and also from the bees and then take them to a laboratory to find out the causes of death. "The discoveries, it is clear, will become a subject for future research", said Herrera.
Like this, there are also lawyers within the team to analyze whether the judgment of the damages caused is justified, said the deputy minister. "It is harming a set of life systems because bees fulfill the function of pollinating that allows the generation and regeneration of other plant species that are a source of food for other lives", said Herrera.
The investigation will also clarify how many families were affected by the loss of these hives., which in many cases are also their livelihood..
Experts indicate that bees are sensitive to environmental changes, for which they can be considered as a natural indicator of ecosystem health..
The United Nations declared the day 20 May as World Bee Day , in which the importance of this insect for the balance of ecosystems is remembered.
Via Epoch Times
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