Poor honey production in Burlington County, New Jersey
10/22/2024 10:57:41 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Burlington County, NJ
Start Date: 10/21/2024
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A farm in Burlington County, New Jersey has six bee hives, which had mostly empty combs. There was barely enough honey to sustain the bees through the winter. The pond was dry, pasture was dry and cracked, so producing silage and growing crops was hardly possible.
The farm needs significant rainfall soon for fall planting.
"We need to get our fall crops in the ground to sprout this spring. We've tried planting some. If they sprout, are they just going to die because there's not enough moisture to continue? All we can do is pray and hope. That's a hard one to wrap your head around if this continues," stated one of the farm’s co-owners.
KYW-TV CBS 3 Philadelphia (Pa.), Oct 21, 2024
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