Wild weather crushes Nepal’s blossoming honey industry
Kathmandu – In the 15 years Chitra Bhan Khatri has been keeping bees in west Nepal, he has never had trouble providing food for his insects, until 2021 when unseasonally heavy rain left his honeybees hungry. Five days of torrential rainfall in Dang district in October sent temperatures plummeting, killing the bright yellow blooms of … Read more
