Given the mortality of bees, which in wild areas reaches 35% of their populations, mainly due to climate change, Chihuahua honey producers use flavored drinks to feed their hives and prevent them from dying.
Ludovico Palma Holguín, president of the Association of Beekeepers of Aldama dedicated to the organic production of honey explained that the drought, atypical frosts, and even late rains are factors of little production, so in some regions of the state, they have had to resort to sugar diluted with water or kool-aid in jars to save the bees, although organic producers do not see . . .
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