Luckily these bees were just buzzing around my garden and i managed to take some close up pictures of them going about their pollinating business. I keep hearing in the press how they are declining in numbers and how that has far reaching effects that will literally reach as far as my dinner table because of all the different types of plants they actually pollinate.
... bees just seem to keep coming up in conversation recently so i thought i would put them on the blog!
- In the UK, the bee population is thought to have fallen by between 10 and 15 per cent over the past two years alone, and numbers are also declining globally.
- The insects are susceptible to a variety of disease and environmental threats, including climate change, and more research is desperately needed to find out why they are declining and what can be done to reverse the trend.
- Albert Einstein once speculated that if the bee disappeared from the face of the planet, humankind would only survive for another four years.
- Honeybees' contribution to the pollination of crops in the UK is vital to food production; it is estimated to be worth more than £190 million annually.
For more detailed report on the Plight of The Bee check out the Times Online article... HERE
This is a Haagen Dazs sponsered website in the USA so it uses American statistics...still interesting to see a large corporation concerned about the demise of the bee the way they have put it it sounds like it will really affect their business.
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