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By Antony Gitonga | April 1st 2021 at 05:45:00 GMT +0300
The CEO Premier Foods Limited Joseph Choge, KALRO Director Dr Evans Ilatsia and Nicholas Kahiga from Industrial Promotion Services compare some of the honey products in the market on 2/3/21. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]
The overuse of chemicals in farms and deforestation has adversely affected honey production forcing consumers to rely on imports.
This has been worsened by an influx of cheap and adulterated honey from both local and international traders.
In the last couple of months, the county has recorded heavy spraying targeting desert locusts, a move that has led to the killing of thousands of bees.
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