Beekeepers in Brazil worry lithium mining puts their bees in jeopardy
via news.mongabay.com
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ARAÇUAÍ & BELÉM, Brazil — When Aécio Luiz was younger, finding wild beehives was routine in his rural Afro-Brazilian community of Córrego Narciso. A farmer turned beekeeper, he recalls their buzzing was easy to spot when he worked around his property in Brazil’s Jequitinhonha Valley. “Now, that has become a rarity,” he tells Mongabay. Although […]