Research Article

Is Cut-Flower Industry Promotion by the Government Negatively Affecting Pollinator Biodiversity and Environmental/Human Health in Uganda?

Table 10

Perception of farmers about the abundance of bees between the rural landscape and the neighborhood of a given flower farm.

Statement no.Question: Where do you think bees are abundant, near the flower farm (0.1–0.5 km) or further (>2 km) in the village?Freq. (%)

I have no idea but think bees should be many in the villages where there are abundant flowers for them 11.5
1 Bee populations should be high up-country than near the flower farm with toxic chemical sprays they use 2.3
2 Bees are many in the village (>2 km far from the flower farm) and no bees will stay near chemicals 4.6
3 Bees are many in the village (>2 km far from the flower farm), everywhere where wild/crop flowers are freshly/abundant 3.8
4 Bees are many in the village because we have abundant flowers there than near the flower farm with toxic fumes 2.3
5Bees are many in the village compared to near (edge) the flower farm0.8
6 Bees are many in the village (>2 km) because they spray daily near the farm and bees can not survive there 14.5
7 Bees are many in the villages (in every place where there are many flowers, bees will be there) 3.1
8 Bees are many in the villages because they have no enemy there, they are free to go everywhere in the village 2.3
9 Bees are many of course in the village (>2 km far from the flower farm) 8.4
10Bees are no longer many in the village because the flower farm is killing them with the toxic sprays they make every day1.5
11Bees are not strong like humans, if they smell the fumes from the flower farm when foraging, they end up dying in their nests 0.8
12 Bees are obviously many in the village with fresh air, not polluted by toxic chemicals of flower farms 3.1
13 Bees are still many in the village compared to near the flower farm where nesting sites have been destroyed 5.3
14Every bee flying for forage from the village to the edge of the flower farm will die there because of too many pesticides there1.5
15 I am not sure (I cannot tell with confidence where exactly) 5.3
16 I am not sure if bees are many in the village (>2 km) than near the flower farm but I see few bees on gardens located in the proximity of flower farm (0.2 km) 3.8
17 I cannot tell exactly but I think they should be many in the village where healthy-non-polluted wild flowers are 3.1
18 I donot know; I cannot tell; I am not sure (I cannot even guess) 18.3
19Obviously bees are many in the village than near the flower farm where they spray a lot1.5
20Pesticides have a long-persistence smell near the flower farm so bees will die there quickly1.5

Chi-square test for differences in beliefs of farmers about area where bees are abundant: , , , .