Air Pollution Is Impacting Health of India’s Bees, Wild Pollinators:

A new study on honeybees has found that these wild pollinators are living short life due to air pollution.

Published in Proceedings of the Nationals Academy of Science's, the four-year study of over 1,800 wild bees was conducted in Bangalore.
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Metals like lead, arsenic, tungsten, and aluminium, among others, were found on the bees collected from heavily polluted sites. “

Pollinators are an integral part of India’s agro-economy. For instance, the giant Asian honeybee used in the experiment produces over 80 percent of the country’s honey, and pollinates over 687 plants in Karnataka alone, according to the study.

ripples of air pollution’s impact on these creatures can also be felt worldwide — especially because India is among the largest fruit and vegetable producers in the world.