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Greasing beehives helps keep them safe from crawling predators

Farmers can stop bees from migrating because of the invasion of hives by painting stand posts with grease. Speaking when he visited bee-keeping farmers in Nyamira North Sub-county, agricultural officer David Nduko Atuya said the grease controls crawling insects that invade beehives in search of food. “Sugar-loving ants move up into beehives in search of …

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