Lockdowns threatens crop pollination

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Containment and quarantine measures and border closures, by restricting the movement of bees, are likely to have an impact on global agricultural production. Indeed, farmers' crops depend on bees to pollinate their crops. However, bees are not sedentary and often "travel" with farm trucks. In the United States, bees pollinate the equivalent of $15 billion worth of crops.

Source: ft.com

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