Challenged accepted 
Each Hive community member has been challenged to write a post about the problems that bees are facing and how we can help. We are to tag our posts with #WorldBeeDay2022 🐝
Well, I have just checked the tag and I have seen the grand total of 14 posts in support of the bees, perhaps the bees of Hive are too busy trying to become Lions in Leo🤣 well you will need that money when bees are extinct and food rockets in price!
That was a link to a fantastic page on the UN website specifically for World Bee Day 2022. This day is to highlight to the general public the importance of bees to ecosystems and to our very future on this planet!
The UN Member States approved Slovenia’s proposal to proclaim 20 May as World Bee Day in December 2017.
On May 20th 1734, Anton Janša who is regarded as the pioneer of beekeeping was born in 1734 in Breznica, Carniola (which is now in Slovenia), hence Slovenia's proposal!
Bees are vital to pollinate the food that we need to eat and survive. In addition to this bees pollinate many of the trees and flowers which provide habitats for a lot of wildlife.
The decline of bees will drastically cute pollination and as a result what grows.
As an example without bees it has been estimated that it would cost farmers in the UK an incredible £1.8 billion per year to manually pollinate their crops (source)
That is a pretty mind blowing figure huh?
Native bees are being threatened by:
Thank you for reading and I will leave you with one last shot of a bee that happily posed working for me. Please note that ALL pictures are taken by me.
This is our planet and it is OUR responsibility to look after it for future generations!
Let's all do our bit to save the bees and save the planet!
