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Honey Bees dying in China, lack of water

It’s not only crops that are suffering in China, because of drought. Bee keepers say they’re losing their bees as well.

Honey production is down due to a decrease in flower pollen production, thanks to climate change. Bee keepers say it will also mean a decrease in bees, because pollen is their food.

China has the largest rapeseed field in the world. Rapeseed is used to make canola oil. Farmers there say drought keeps seed production too low for use in canola oil production. It also keeps rapeseed flower growth too low for the bees.