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Does New Zealand have a smaller percentage of farmland or even cultivated land in general than Europe? Maybe there is less pesticide usage per area?
by ajmurmann 9y ago
Does New Zealand have a smaller percentage of farmland or even cultivated land in general than Europe? Maybe there is less pesticide usage per area?
- lostlogin 9y agoI would guess so. Particularly important for the honey industry here is regenerating bush, as the quick growing manuka supplies the bees with the nectar for the lucrative honey. The use of neonicatinoids is quite heavily regulated though traces do appear in honey. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11934014 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objecti... The other interesting development is the use of Fipronil to kill wasps. The usage has really helped but you’d have to wonder about having more of it in the environment.