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Bea Mccaffrey

BEEs: Guardians of Biodiversity




Why are bees important? Why should we save some pesky little insects? Simple. Because they are essential to protecting biodiversity in every ecosystem.

Bees are pollenating insects; they are responsible for 90% of plant pollination. Without most wildflowers, plants and crops wouldn’t be able to reproduce.

There are two main types of bees: bumble bees (which are mainly solitary, pollinate among flowers and plant, and make small amounts of hone) and honeybees (who are the main producers of honey).

However, danger threatens the existence of bees, more specifically the invasive Asian hornets. Like their name suggests they originate from southeast Asia (China, India, Thailand) and were first sighted fairly recently in 2005. One Asian hornet can kill between 30 & 50 bees per day, that’s over ten thousand a year for one hornet. This has a catastrophic effect because without bees, several plant species will disappear!

Thankfully there are many different ways to help the bees!

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Very interesting, I like it Bea

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paul
Apr 03

smashing love x

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Really interesting!

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