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How honeybees can help us monitor pollution across Canada

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par Tony Robert Walker, Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
Simon Harper, Professor of Computer Science, University of Manchester

Canada has more than 13,000 beekeepers with almost 1,000,000 beehives spread across every province. Together, they produce about 40,000,000 kilograms of honey each year. That is enough for roughly one kilogram of honey for every Canadian.

When honeybees forage, they collect nectar, pollen and water from nearby flowers. These flowers contain…

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