Article 2BZMB Tesco's plan bee: spilt supermarket sugar to help feed hungry honey bees

Tesco's plan bee: spilt supermarket sugar to help feed hungry honey bees

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Rebecca Smithers
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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.

Related: Pesticides stop bees buzzing and releasing pollen, says study

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