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May 20th is not merely a romantic and sweet festival of love.
It is also World Bee Day.
The number of insects around the world
It is decreasing at an astonishing rate.
"Bee"
As an indicator insect of biodiversity,
Provide important pollination services for agricultural natural ecosystems
But affected by environmental changes,
The number of bees has also dropped sharply.
Bee
As a pollinator
From birth to death
On average, they can only survive for 30 to 40 days
The little bee has made great contributions
Although bees are small
But it affects human survival.
Just like a huge wheel
It helps operate the entire agricultural system.
90% of the world's food supply
From approximately 100 kinds of crops
Among them, 71 kinds of crops
All rely on bees for pollination.
Nowadays
These often visit farms and parks
It appeared in our childhood
Bees playing and frolicking in daily life
It has already appeared prominently
The list of endangered species......
Unveiling the Bee Family
A bee colony usually consists of one queen bee, tens of thousands of worker bees and hundreds of drones.
Queen Bee: There is only one queen bee in the entire beehive. Her job is to lay eggs, which will produce the next generation
of bees in the hive. The queen bee also secretes chemicals to guide the behavior of other bees.
Worker bees: These are all female bees. Their functions are to forage (pollen and nectar on flowers), build and protect
the hive by touching their wings, and clean and circulate the air. Worker bees are also the type of bees that most people have
seen flying around outside the hive.
Male bees: These are male bees, whose purpose is to mate with the new queen bee. In spring and summer,
there are hundreds in each beehive. But in winter, when the beehive enters survival mode, the male bees will be kicked out!
Queen bee (left), worker bee (middle), male bee (right)
The life of a bee is short, but it has made tremendous contributions to nature and human society. Thanks to the gifts from
the little angels of nature, we have enough to eat and wear.
Therefore, it is of great significance to enhance the public's understanding of the importance of ecosystems and biodiversity.
At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen technological innovation, cross-departmental cooperation, and so on.
Beekeepers or farmers can reduce or change the use of pesticides. Diversify crops as much as possible, such as planting
crops that attract bees around farmland, building hedgers, and paying attention to cleaning beehives, etc., to reduce
the number of bees raised in the beehives.
As for us, since there are not many green Spaces in the city, if we have a garden at home, we can plant plants
that bloom in different seasons to provide food supplementation for more wild bees. Protect wild beehives as
much as possible; Share more with family and friends around you to enhance everyone's environmental awareness.
Practice low-carbon living and promote green environmental protection actions.
Today is World Bee Day on May 20th, with the theme of "Honey Cut Participation: Rebuilding a Better Home for Bees".
Let's start from the little things in our daily life, pay attention to bees together, care for bees, and live with them