The IQ of a bumblebee: The crisis of the bees!
Many of you will know that over the last few years there has been an increased awareness and concern that the bee population around the world is going extinct. Although bees are often kept in hives and cared for by beekeepers, their ability to solve the problem is limited because their numbers are limited.
Bees pollinate all our plants and it has been suggested that their contribution to Europe’s food chain is worth around €14.2 billion, and their contribution is free.
In the last 70 years, 3 species of bees have become extinct in the UK alone, and over 70% of the flower-rich meadows essential for bee survival have disappeared. Of the 19 species of British Bee, 3 have been extirpated, 8 are in serious decline and only 6 species are still thriving. Experts warn we could lose the entire bee population by 2018, along with £165m worth of apples, pears, canola and other crops. Crops the UK will have to buy from abroad at extra cost; crops were also lost to the UK economy.
All over the world, bees have been dying of something called colony collapse disorder. In the winter of 2007 US beekeepers lost 30% of their hives, in 2008 they lost 35%. Similar losses have been recorded in Canada, Brazil, India, China and across Europe. Belgium and France have lost 25% of their bee species in the last 30 years.
The Chinese use thousands of ‘human bees’ with pollen bottles and pollinator sticks made from chicken feathers to climb trees each spring and pollinate pear blossoms. Which is fine for a country with millions of workers at its disposal.
The threat is serious. 87 of the world’s 115 most important crops require pollination, and these crops account for approximately $1 trillion in farm sales worldwide. They also provide about 35% of our calories, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
If we don’t have anything to pollinate our crops, you can forget about the antioxidant and protective properties of blueberries, cherries, apples, grapefruit, avocados, pumpkins, cucumbers, macadamia nuts and almonds. Probably to the relief of children and many adults, you can also forget about broccoli and lettuce. These things would cease to exist as part of our food chain, but the chemicals they protect us against would not.
In a nutshell, the bee is key to our survival because bees pollinate plants in our food chain that give us a) foods we like and b) foods that contain essential nutrients for our survival and well-being.
Why is an article worth it? They’re just bees, and the vast majority of sensible, intelligent human beings are too concerned with their jobs, their new cars, their mortgages, and their children to care about an annoying buzzing bug that might bite you. Perhaps some readers will still hit them with a newspaper if they dare to enter and invade their pristine surroundings.
It is noteworthy because we need to wake up! Humans consider themselves to be a powerful, invincible and intelligent species, capable of great inventions and quantum breakthroughs. However, we don’t have the common sense to realize that an insect we step on could really be the end of us.
There has been a lot of talk about 2012 and the ‘end times’, and doommongers around the world are suggesting a variety of different apocalyptic events that could end us. It’s one thing to be wiped out by a billion-watt asteroid or sunspot that we have no control over, but how pathetic it would be to be wiped out because we didn’t have the sense to see that God’s simpler creatures are the key. to the survival of our great intellect – the one that created poisonous chemicals and nuclear power plants. OK, I digress there, but you get the point.
It’s not just the bee. Many people who are not in the Spiritual field laugh at the weirdos who respect the earth and see her as a goddess to be revered and worshiped. Yet this very land and the creatures we consider insignificant compared to ourselves keep us alive. There is nothing fanciful or strange about it, it is a simple statement of fact.
There is much we can do to stop excessive consumption and excessive farming and there is much information available to help those of us with common sense to be aware of the plight of this world. Visit any bumblebee conservation website to see how you can help create natural environments so the bee can continue to thrive and keep us alive.
Start thinking about this glorious planet of ours and the creatures that share it with us that you may not realize keep us alive, and when you’re done thinking for the sake of your children and grandchildren, start doing it! !
Remember, the IQ we talk so much about may not save us, but the humble Bumble Bee does.
I wish you happy days, restful nights, and all the antioxidant-rich foods you need.