Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Threats to Native Bee Population: Discussion

Mr. Paul O'Brien:

Yes, vast tracts of grassland have been heavily fertilised with nitrogen and manure. It is just pure grass; there is nothing else there. The Deputy should put himself in a bee's shoes. A bee can only fly three miles to get food and if it is flying over grass, which has no food, it suddenly starves.

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