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How Honeybees Can Prevent Landslides

June 27, 2024

Bees need trees to thrive. So beekeeping and honey production are incentivizing farmers to plant and protect trees on the landslide-prone slopes of Uganda’s Mount Elgon, benefiting the local community in several ways.

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