4,000 bee colonies earn their keep under the fruit trees: triple cropping at a pesticide-free mango orchard
At an orchard in Khanh Hoa province in south-central Vietnam, a tiny bee just a few millimeters long has become a source of income exceeding one billion dong a year. At the foot of a vast orchard planted with mango and coconut, 4,000 colonies of stingless bees are lined up in hives, in a system that handles pollination and honey harvesting at the same time. The farm...
