July 2010
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The importance of Bees
Posted by info on 30 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Environment
An european honey bee. He needs your help.
Bees are probably are most important insect, to the extent that if they vanished, it is estimated that mankind would probably perish within 3-4 years.
The reason for this is simple: as bees jump from plant to plant, they pollinate those plants, causing them to re-produce. Without plants, we have no food, without food, well…
It’s all the more worrying then that our bee population is experiencing ongoing decline. This is a worldwide phenomenon, caused by the spread of new pests, weather changes, and destruction of the countryside.
The Irish Bee Keeping Association have currently launched an initiative to re-introduce 200,000 bees into Ireland. The Department of the Environment has provided for €300k funding to assist in this.
As individuals, we can also help.
Bees love wild flowers, the kind that spring up around your house when you don’t cut your grass for a couple of weeks. If you can leave a small patch of grass around your house uncut, or let a border grow out a bit, you’d be helping to maintain and grow our bee population.