It's the first World Bee Day
Sunday the 20th of May 2018 is the first World Bee day.
It was created last year by the UN General Assembly, after Slovenia
initiated the idea, to focus on the essential role of bees and other
pollinators in keeping the planet healthy.
Bee keepers from around the globe will work towards having the insects declared as an endangered species.
The stripy pollinators are declining every year largely due to human activity.
There are calls for modern intensive farming methods to be have more of a sustainable approach.
Threats include habitat loss, climate change, toxic pesticides and disease.
A third of the world’s food production is estimated to be dependent on the yellow and black creatures and other pollinators
Why we need bees:
- bees pollinate as many as 170,000 species of plants
- 80 percent of domestic fruit and vegetable varieties need them to ensure a good harvest
- Every third spoonful of food we eat is dependent on pollination
The brightly coloured insects don't just make honey. They're the largest pollinators in the world.
They're worth a tidy sum.
- economic worth of bees worldwide is 265 billion euros per year
- and 22 billion euros in Europe
An EU court upheld on Thursday (17 May 2018) a partial ban on three insecticides, saying that the European Commission had been right in 2013 to restrict their use to protect bees.
A German supermarket in Hannover emptied its shelves of pollinated products to show the significance if bees died out.
60 percent of the shelves remained empty.
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Bee keepers from around the globe will work towards having the insects declared as an endangered species.
The stripy pollinators are declining every year largely due to human activity.
There are calls for modern intensive farming methods to be have more of a sustainable approach.
Threats include habitat loss, climate change, toxic pesticides and disease.
A third of the world’s food production is estimated to be dependent on the yellow and black creatures and other pollinators
Why we need bees:
- bees pollinate as many as 170,000 species of plants
- 80 percent of domestic fruit and vegetable varieties need them to ensure a good harvest
- Every third spoonful of food we eat is dependent on pollination
The brightly coloured insects don't just make honey. They're the largest pollinators in the world.
They're worth a tidy sum.
- economic worth of bees worldwide is 265 billion euros per year
- and 22 billion euros in Europe
An EU court upheld on Thursday (17 May 2018) a partial ban on three insecticides, saying that the European Commission had been right in 2013 to restrict their use to protect bees.
A German supermarket in Hannover emptied its shelves of pollinated products to show the significance if bees died out.
60 percent of the shelves remained empty.
Many ESC fans from all over the world are so very sad because we lost Joy Fleming - one of the best singers ever.
Betty MacDonald fan club founder Wolfgang Hampel sings 'Try to remember' especially for Betty MacDonald fan club organizer Linde Lund at Vita Magica September
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Vashon Island - Wikipedia ( German )
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Wolfgang Hampel - Ma and Pa Kettle - Wikipedia ( English )
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Wolfgang Hampel - Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle - Wikipedia ( English)
Wolfgang Hampel in Florida State University
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