01/04/2021
Why are Honey Bees so important and why should we start working on saving them..?🙏🌍🐝
One out of every three bites of food we eat is a result of pollinators like honey bees, and crops like blueberries and cherries are 90 per cent dependent on pollination. Honey bees are so important that farmers often have bee hives transported and then placed on their farm to provide pollination for their crops.
If you look at the plate of food on your dinner table, bees have played their part either pollinating the many vegetables and fruits we eat directly, or pollinating the food for the animals that we then consume. And that’s not all bees do for us - honey and wax are two other important products that come courtesy of bees.
But honey bees are disappearing globally at an alarming rate due to pesticides, parasites, disease and habitat loss. If these little insects that help provide so much of the food we eat were to vanish, what would we do without them?
Lot of honey bees lose their way at times due to the mobile network towers and other radiation around our residences. The simplest thing you could do is put tired bees onto flowers, where they may be able to find nectar which, unlike sugar solution, contains nutrients they need.In a matter of few minutes the bee will sip it up and fly back. Try it..!!
Art Credit: Autumn Skye Morrison
Sadhana ArT and CulturE NGO
