Have you ever been outside on a beautiful warm day? You are enjoying the sun, the birds… When suddenly the peaceful aura is punctuated by a jarring and unwelcome distinctive buzzing sound like a thundering sky getting closer and closer. You flail around, or maybe try to kill it. I am sure most of us have experienced this situation before with - you guessed it - Bees.
Dear fellow students, and teacher, today I will talk to you about the importance of bees. Imagine a world without bees. They may seem irrelevant, however if that was the case, over 90% of our fresh foods would be gone. Over ⅓ of the world’s population is dependant on bees. So what makes these bees so important? In order to survive, bees must gather pollen and nectar and bring it home to their colony. While they are moving from flower
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This all started when we changed our methods of farming. We started spraying various types of pesticides all over crops, using synthetic fertilizers, and removing small flowering plants. We started large farms for a single plant. The problem is that pesticides act like pollen and adhere to the bee. As a result, the bee larvae died or would take longer to develop. When bees are in contact with the toxic pesticides, they may also be intoxicated and not be able to find their way home. Who would have known that pesticides, created for better crops, would cause more harm than good? It is like a nefarious virus humans created that in fact is themselves and everything around them.
So, what can we do to help out? Everybody can help out, just by doing one simple thing. Get out and grow bee-friendly plants. You could decorate your yard with them, or even grow them in a pot. It doesn’t matter if you live on a private island or a rabbit hole. One person can not solve this problem, just like how one honeybee can not produce a whole jar of honey. There is always something we can