Erratic weather affects flowering seasons and kills blossoms In 2020, beekeepers produced half the honey they did in 2017 Poor uptake of insurance leaves beekeepers struggling By Pramod Acharya DANG, Nepal, Jan 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the 15 years Chitra Bhan Khatri has been keeping bees in west Nepal, he never had trouble providing food for his insects - until last year, when unseasonally heavy rain left his honeybees hungry.
Heavy rain, prolonged drought and harsher winters have thrown off flowering seasons and destroyed blossoms across Nepal over the past decade, decimating the country's honey supply.