Apiary contamination in Leme – SP

Apiary contamination in Leme – SP

at the end of June 2014, a equipe da organização Bee or not to be recebeu uma grave denúncia através do aplicativo Bee Alert de uma ocorrência de contaminação em um apiário localizado próximo à cidade de Leme-SP. Dozens of hives were completely lost to the devastating effects of applied pesticides, most likely, in sugarcane and orange crops.

The BeeAlert application is the first online platform for the disappearance of registration or mass death of bees in apiaries, using the geolocation feature. Beekeepers, beekeepers and the scientific community are able to share cases, helping to give visibility to a serious but silent problem.

The location, o número e a intensidade de colmeias afetadas por contaminação, and the possible causes of mortality of bees in the apiary (pesticides, diseases, pests, etc) They are recorded in real time on application.