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Question
A farmer was facing the problem of low yield from his farm. He was advised to keep a beehive in the vicinity. Why? How would the beehive help in enhancing yield?
Solution
Bees are the pollinators of many of our crop species such as sunflower, Brassica, apple and pear. Keeping beehives in crop fields during the flowering period increases pollination efficiency and improves the yield beneficial both from the point of view of crop yield and honey yield.
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