First things first.Some Biology.
What is a bee?
There are almost 20,000 species of bee on the planet.
Every land surface apart from the Antartica have bees.
Bees are crucial for pollination of our flowers, fruit, and vegetables on Earth.
Almost a third of all our crops are pollinated by bees.
Without bees, our crops would be much smaller in size and poor quality.
Pollination is very important for the life cycle of plants.
Insects, birds and even the wind take pollen between plants that are flowering.
This means they can make seeds and therefore reproduce (have babies!)
and keep their line alive.
Honey Bees live in colonies (huge families basically) inside their hive (their home!).
Working like a well-oiled machine, they together make and store honey in a comb of wax.
In these hives, there are three jobs that you are born into.
In the last five years 1/3 of the worlds bee population has disappeared.
Hinduism:1 of 5 elixirs of immortality.
Judaism:Symbol of the new year.
Christianity:Mentioned in the Old and New Testament.
John the Baptist lives off locusts and honey in the desert.
Islam:A whole Surah in the Quran is translated as The Honey Bee.
What can we do to help keep bees thriving?
Bees need food all year round.
So planting seasonal and all year round plants in your garden or balconies that Bees like is super helpful.
Revive-A-Bee-Solution
you could often see bees not moving for a really long time.
The wrong misconception may lead to the assumption that they are dead, but they arent!
These bees will have flown miles and miles and have miscalculated their journey back to the hive.
They are exhausted and in need of some sustenance.
What can I do?
you could mix a special drink for them!
Wait, wait, I forget to add one more fact.
What do bees like with their sushi?
Ok, Ok, Ill quit pollen your leg.
Though on a serious note, did you know Wasps are really nothing more then wanna-bees?
Bee puns arent that great, I just dont see what the hive is about.
If youre looking for more on Bees,check out this postfrom World Honeybee Day!
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