Another morning, another daily post, another message to share. Humans, the bees need our help. Here's a lovely video below that shares basically what is happening to the bees, and why bees are so important:
Essentially, bees give our world life. They pollinate our flowers, and gardens making everything bloom with beauty. However, what I took from this situation is it's mostly our fault. As is most issues happening around us. If not us then who? It seems we are the "animals" here, because the animals are not the ones destroying the planet.
According to this specialist ^ there are three main culprits here: pesticides, habitat loss and infections. Farmers whom spread pesticides over their gardens each year are at blame for this one, pesticides kill insects, killing our pollinators. I was 99.9% sure that below was the reason farmers use pesticides, though I had to fact check to be sure. I have pasted this here because I want you to read the last line in the paragraph. (I wish they had the pen tool.)
A farmer no doubt wrote this. It is sustainable for who? Yes, I get that with insects lurking around it can damage some of your crops, but we must think of all the lives we are damaging. Yes, food can grow bigger and better. But, isn't that also what the bees you're killing do as well?
The second reason for dying bees is habitat loss, which again is nobodies fault but our own. Humans keep building, and building. Cutting down natural land where bees thrive. This is something that will never stop, until every last square foot of land has a structure on it. It's like people think that we don't need our wildlife to survive, like there is no reason that they are here. Well, I believe that every living being is here for a reason, why would they have been placed on this earth if not to add value?
^This is an amazing Ted Talk which explains more about the bee population and why they are essential.
This is crazy, as she mentioned, since after World War 2, bees have been in decline. That was when farmers switched to using synthetic fertilizers, when they used to plant things like clover and alfalfa which would keep the bees there to keep pollinating until the the next time farmers plant their crops. That was the last time that the natural way of farming was used widespread.
With increasing population, I understand that farmers feel the pressure to produce as many crops as possible, but it's really essential that we also think about our wildlife. Without pesticides, we have more bees to keep our crops and nature thriving. Without bees, we have "tomato ticklers", if you didn't watch the above video, you may not know what I'm talking about. Because of the loss of bees, people are coming up with ways to pollinate crops by hand or with "tickling tools".
Hopefully that was educational, and you learned something new. Or you were just reinforced with the notion that bees need saving. We as humans hold the power to save them, will we?
Here is a movie I want to recommend, again, for animation lovers, or not. I think it gives a good explanation of what bees purposes are and what the world would be like without them, in a cute and funny way. Yes, I still watch this from time to time. I like light-hearted movies! Especially when they have a message.
I know a lot of people are afraid of bees, but need not be afraid of them, need be afraid of a world without them.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
x
Kailee
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