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It’s “World Bee Day”, How Will You Celebrate?
Today, in honor of World Bee Day, we should all plant a flower or tomato plant in our gardens. Perhaps, have a cup of tea with honey or bake some honey cookies to share with family and friends… or better yet, take some to a homeless shelter or nursing home to share with the less fortunate and elderly.
We should feel fortunate that we have honey to make those cookies or enjoy that tea… You see, over the last decade or so, the bee population has been in serious trouble and that means devastation for humans when food sources start to dry up. Honeybees are key to the survival of man and beast. They are the major pollinators in our ecosystem and without them, many plant eaters would simply starve, then without those plant-eaters, the meat-eaters would also be in jeopardy of starvation. It can never be overstated that we eat because bees provide pollination to the flowers of all plants. Those little yellow flowers on your tomato plant… yep, pollinated by a bee or two.
Ignorance is Not Bliss
What many people don’t seem to know is that bees are responsible for the food we eat. And Chemical companies are creating and distributing pesticides that are decimating the bee population. Ya gotta hand it to man, just can’t share the earth with other species. It’s big business to create pesticides and fuel the pharmaceutical…
