“If bees start disappearing, humans will have no more than four years of life ahead. Without bees, there is no pollination, no plants, no animals, no humans.
Albert Einstein”
“Bees are crucial for human survival on Earth. Not only because of biodiversity, but also because of their role in pollination, they are key intermediaries in agriculture. Without bees, many trees and plants would not bear the fruits we consume.”
“Bees are threatened by pesticides…”
“Bees have been in danger for the past twenty years. The extinction of bee communities has long been a mystery due to conflicting research on the causes of their mortality and the difficulties in studying their actual activity in the wild. This complexity and sophistication of bee organisms contribute to difficulties in their study.”
“Pesticides were first questioned in the late 90s in France. The use of the pesticide “Gaucho,” and later “Regent,” which was used for corn and sunflower, was linked to o” By depopulating bee communities in certain areas, their use has been banned as a precaution. Since then, the communities have successfully returned to their original state, as is the case in the Lot district.
These pesticides have also been introduced in other European countries, such as Germany and Italy, where they have caused a high mortality rate among existing bee communities.
The chemical industry quickly responded by stating that new technologies rely on the modern generation of phytosanitary products, which are directly applied to the seeds, and that fields are no longer sprayed with substances containing prohibited levels of pesticides. They claim that these new products have significantly lower toxic levels of pesticides, compared to those considered lethal to bees.
Nevertheless, the decline of bee communities continued. Finally, in 2009, research by American scientists, followed by the French National Institute for Agronomic Research, revealed numerous causes of bee mortality. And especially the fact that new generation pesticides, even in negligible doses, promote the development of a deadly virus for bees.
… and industrial exploitation
In addition to this, there is the industrial exploitation of bees, such as in the United States, where half of the American bee colonies are moved to the Californian valley for three weeks once a year to pollinate almonds that grow on tens of thousands of hectares. This type of exploitation for industrial purposes has weakened the health of bee communities due to their exposure to monoculture and the mass gathering of communities from different regions, which promotes the spread of viruses and endangers the entire species. To keep them alive, beekeepers feed bees with artificial food containing antibiotics, which makes them resistant to diseases.
Bees remain irreplaceable because bumblebees and other natural pollinators such as wind have seventy times weaker results. If bees disappear, some plant species will They will be unable to reproduce, and certain animal species will also be at risk of extinction.
Nature is our foundation. We must work for it if we want to survive.