Disposed paper cups outside juice and coffee shops could be behind the India's Colony collapse Disaster (CCD) disappearing honey bee population that pollinate 80% of all crops.
The sugary residue in these paper cups attract honey bees who look at it as an alternative source of food instead of flowers.
A 'considerable population' of honey bees who take a dip into these cups never return. Researchers say these cups act as death traps for them.
A latest study published in the journal 'Current Science' says bees while competing to collect sugar, fall into cups containing residual beverage (coffee/tea/milk/juice) and are unable to fly, leading to their death.
Source: TOI
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