Beeswax Could Be Threatened by Bee Shortage
C&T Magazine. Image: CounterThink. The world’s population of honeybees is rapidly decreasing, according to a recent report by NewScientist. This decline could be due to infections, lack of food, pesticides and breeding, but the consensus is that honeybees are in trouble. A honeybee hive produces a number of items popular in everyday life. Beeswax, a popular cosmetic ingredient, is produced from the hive of honeybees. In addition, the report finds that a third of food relies on bees for pollination.
The United States and United Kingdom reportedly lost a third of their bees last year, with European countries seeing a large decline in honeybees and the shortage spreading to Asia. According to the report, the United States and the United Kingdom are both allocating money for bee research.