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Why are bees vital for humans and the planet?

Les abeilles - WE ARE CLEAN - CLEAN PLANET

Why, among the many endangered animal species, do bees benefit from such mobilization? Because they play a vital role for humans and the environment . These pollinating insects carry on their shoulders - or rather their wings - the responsibility for a multitude of ecological processes that are vital for ecosystems, agriculture and other animals.

A quick refresher on bees, the masters of pollination. To reproduce, male pollen must reach the female part of the plant or flower, and to do this, the wind is not enough. However, while bees gather their nectar, they load this pollen which they transfer to the next flowers where they land, thus allowing plants - and crops - to reproduce. Pollinating insects pollinate about 80% of flowering plants and cultivated plants. Without them, many crops could not grow. It is estimated that about a third of our food depends on the work of bees: we really need them! It is a total co-dependence: without bees, no flowers, but without flowers, no more bees since they feed on their nectar. This is why preserving biodiversity is so important .

No bees, no fruit, no seeds

Pollination - WE ARE CLEAN - CLEAN PLANET

Bees are essential in the production of fruits and vegetables . Without their visits, the fruits are atrophied and less numerous. It is the bees that offer our taste buds most of the fruits and vegetables such as zucchini, strawberries, melons, apples, pears, raspberries, grapes, turnips, sweet potatoes, peas and beans but they also provide the seeds of carrots, onions, nuts, salads, cabbages, as well as those of "large crops" such as oilseeds, flax or sunflower.

Bees also optimize the production of plants for fodder for livestock dedicated to meat, such as rapeseed, whose yield is lower when it is only pollinated by the wind. Bees are the great guarantors ofour food . This is even more striking when broadening the spectrum to spices and aromatic herbs, coffee, cotton or even cocoa, crops with high added value. Bees provide almost irreplaceable work for free, which amounts to billions of Euros!

No bees, no habitat for animals

While bees help to produce food for animals, by contributing to the development of plants and trees, from tropical forests to our French forests, they also provide a home for insects, birds and small rodents such as squirrels. Bees allow many species - in addition to ours - to thrive. They guarantee biodiversity because the fewer bees there are, the fewer plants there are, and the more ecosystems become impoverished, depriving small animals of shelter or food. In addition, bees provide food for many birds and insects such as spiders or dragonflies. They are an important link in the food chain.

Honey bees and wild bees, what’s the difference?

While honey bees are excellent pollinators, wild bees are even more effective for certain plants such as cherries, and are sometimes even the only ones able to pollinate certain species. Wild bees are therefore even more valuable, and their declining population unfortunately forces farmers to have to "rent" honey bee colonies to perpetuate their plantations and harvest fruit. Hence the interest in protecting them, while urbanization deprives them (like so many other species) of their natural habitat and their resources to survive.

Bees threatened by pesticides and global warming

The main enemies of bees are first of all neonicotinoid pesticides that kill bees in entire colonies, leaving beekeepers with empty hives. The alert led to the European Union banning three of these products, but there are still many authorized pesticides that wreak havoc, particularly on domestic bees. The second enemy of bees is climate change , which indirectly kills them. By shifting flowering periods, bees find themselves deprived of food for too long periods, so much so that in China, farmers are reduced to pollinating by hand with pollen sent from other regions.

Bees are the pillars of our food supply. Without them, food would be scarce and plant and animal species would be threatened. However, bees are in danger and are dying by the thousands all around the globe. Fortunately, many associations have mobilized, and companies are also investing in the preservation of bees.

Individuals can also take action by sowing honey-producing flowers everywhere, whenever possible, on roadsides and balconies, with ready-made mixtures, sometimes in the form of balls to throw into the countryside.

It is up to us to act and, above all, to educate our children to protect these precious pollinators.

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