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Some people, when they think of bees, they only associate them with honey (and some with a bad memory of a sting) but the truth is that their importance is crucial for our life on the planet, below you will find information on how we can help bees .
They are responsible for keeping plants and crops alive, without their help transporting pollen from flower to flower, it would be impossible for most of the food we consume to exist: they pollinate around a third of the agricultural plants grown in the world. But in recent decades and due to the use of pesticides and toxic substances on crops, the number of bees began to fall. Also climate change and pollution affect their natural environments.
To collaborate with their preservation, there are a couple of measures we can take to make their habitat as healthy as possible:
Most of their nectar is obtained from trees! When a tree blooms, it provides thousands of flowers from which they can obtain food, in addition its leaves and resin provide material to build their nests and the cavities in the wood are an excellent refuge. Deforestation also affects bees so respecting forests and wooded areas is very important.
We can offer them a refreshing drink of water while they continue working by providing them with a shallow container with some stones inside to help them step, take a break and drink.
They work hard to take care of their bees, the best way to thank them is by buying their products, their wax or honey. You can read about the incredible uses of beeswax here. By consuming honey from your area you can strengthen your immune system and avoid seasonal allergies since it is composed of the nectar of the local flora. Commercial honey from the supermarket usually has syrups or additives.
Not only in our gardens, where it is ideal that we opt for natural alternatives to chemical pesticides and herbicides, but also consume local organic food from toxic-free crops. This will also help maintaining the native plants and wildflowers of the area.
All the actions that help to preserve their habitat healthy will help us to keep them safe! Even when deciding what to plant, you can take into account the flowers that they like the most, such as lavender, rosemary or mint.
I hope this information was interesting and has given you ideas on how we can do our little contribution to help them. Finally, some curious facts about bees:
– All worker bees are female.
– A bee produces a teaspoon of honey (about 5 grams) during its life.
– To produce 1 kg of honey, bees fly the equivalent of three times around the world in air miles.
– The type of flower from which the bees take their nectar determines the taste of the honey.
– Bees can’t see red color and prefer yellow, blue or purple flowers.
– There are more than 20,000 different species of bees, found on every continent except Antarctica.
– The bee is the only social insect partially domesticated by humans.
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