▶️ A World Without Bees | History

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Jun 7, 2014 #Biography

What would happen if the world's bees disappeared? Jon Hoekstra of the World Wildlife Fund reveals what a world without bees would be like.

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▶️ What we get wrong about saving the bees

Vox
Aug 14, 2023

Honeybees get a ton of attention, but they’re not the ones who need help.

Every year there are alarming headlines about honeybees in the US. Each one highlights some grim facts about the fate of these insects and the subsequent fallout: Colonies are collapsing, beekeepers are struggling, and farming is at risk. The stakes are high. Honeybees are estimated to pollinate up to $15 billion worth of food in the US. It’s safe to say that without them our plates and farms would look very different. Naturally, they’ve become the face of a larger movement to “save the bees,” but the truth is … they’ll be fine.

Honeybees are domesticated animals being cared for by a billion-dollar agriculture industry. They’re so ingrained into American life that it might surprise you that they’re not even from the US — they were brought here by settlers in the 1600s. We give them a ton of attention, and the species as a whole isn’t threatened or even at risk — but other species are.

There are 20,000 other species of bees in the world — over 4,000 in the United States. They’re incredibly diverse, unique, and also important for pollination. Unfortunately, hundreds of these bee species are at risk of being lost forever, but you rarely see those headlines. Watch the video above to learn more.

Read our original article by Benji Jones here: https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2023/1/19/23552518/honey-bees-native-bees-decline

You can find Krystle Hickman’s website and Instagram here:
🔗 https://beesip.com/
📱 https://www.instagram.com/beesip/

If, after all this, you still want more information on honeybees (I get it), you can read more about colony collapse and other facts here:
🔗 https://www.epa.gov/pollinator-protection/colony-collapse-disorder

🔗 https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/are-honey-bees-native-north-america

For more on native bees, I highly recommend the US Geological Survey — they have stunning imagery:
🔗 https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-species-native-bees-are-united-states

🔗 https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eesc/science/usgs-bee-lab-eastern-ecological-science-center

These articles highlight some of the problems honeybees, hobby beekeeping, and more:
🔗 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-with-honey-bees/

🔗 https://www.nwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2021/June-July/Gardening/Honey-Bees

🔗 https://pollinators.ie/too-many-honey-bees-can-threaten-wild-bees/

🔗 https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/legal-petition-urges-us-forest-service-protect-native-bees-stop-rubber-stamping-commercial-beehives-federal-lands-2020-07-29/

And finally, you can find some amazing footage of Buzz pollination from PBS and the Smithsonian Channel:

▶️ Slo-Mo Footage of a Bumble Bee Dislodging Pollen

▶️ This Vibrating Bumblebee Unlocks a Flower's Hidden Treasure | Deep Look

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A Great Jubilee Day, first held on Monday, May 26, 1783, in North Stratford, now Trumbull, Connecticut commemorated the end of fighting in the American Revolutionary War.
This celebration included feasting, prayer, speeches, toasts, and two companies of the North Stratford militia performing maneuvers with cannon discharges and was one of the first documented celebrations following the War for Independence and continued as Decoration Day and today as Memorial Day with prayer services and a parade.

🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Great_Jubilee_Day