How important bees are
1. Pollinators pollinate more than 180,000 different plants worldwide. For example, about 75% of major food crops rely on pollinators, and honeybees, as almost 90% of the world's pollinators, are integral to the reproduction of plant crops.
2. Many people like fresh honey. A single hive can produce about 29 kilograms of honey per year. There are some adulterated honey on the market, which are mixed with sugar, syrup, vegetable syrup, etc., and sold as pure honey. The honey obtained by raising bees is undoubtedly pure.
3. Beeswax is another product of bees. Beeswax is used to form honeycombs. At the same time, we can also use beeswax to make candles, cosmetics, etc.
Bees are also in decline
In fact, over the past 60 years, as far as the United States is concerned, manually managed colonies have fallen from 6 million to more than 2 million, and the rate of overwintering losses has risen sharply. The large decline in bee colonies is related to several factors.
1. Parasites, such as Varroa mites. For Varroa mites, targeted drugs are needed to eliminate Varroa mites, such as Fluvalinate Strips or Flumethrin Strips. Simply insert it into the hive, and it has a very high mite killing rate.
2. Other diseases. For example, American Foulbrood Disease. There is also a need for targeted medicines that can effectively prevent or treat this bee disease when consumed by bees by spraying.
3. Pesticides. In some areas, plants are sprayed with insecticides to protect them from pests and diseases. However, such pesticides are equally deadly to bees. Many times bees are life-threatening when they pollinate and collect nectar in pesticide-sprayed crop areas.
Bees are an essential insect to nature, given their widespread need for pollination and their products on a global scale. Because of this, we should raise bees scientifically and rationally, and while protecting the species of bees, we should also make a contribution to global plant pollination.
