Tesco's plan bee: spilt supermarket sugar to help feed hungry honey bees
by Rebecca Smithers from on (#2BZMB)
Discarded sugar from split bags plus leftovers from in-store bakeries heads to Cornish beekeepers as winter nectar shortage hits species
Waste sugar routinely thrown away by supermarkets is being collected to help feed stricken bees in Britain struggling to get enough nectar to feed themselves.
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