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World Bee Day celebrated today SHARE A wide variety of plants critical to human well-being and livelihoods require pollinators. In fact, three out of four crops across the globe producing fruits or seeds for human consumption depend, at least in part, on bees and other pollinators. However, today the survival of these tiny food heroes is increasingly under threat. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an undeniable impact on the agri-food sector, affecting the livelihoods of rural and urban communities around the world, including beekeepers and other actors of the api...

National Biodiversity Week runs from 15 May to 23 May. It's National Biodiversity Week and farmers and the agricultural community have plenty of biodiversity to admire and discover on their farms. Throughout the week, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage will announce upcoming projects, including a new peatland restoration project and a major marine scientific programme. Over the week, the work of LIFE projects such as corncrake LIFE will be described online. Members of the public are being encouraged to get involved by posting online using the hashtag #LoveNature. If you ...

Beekeepers and bee enthusiasts made their way to Hackensack, Minn., for Mann Lake's annual Bee Day.

Bonding over bees Honey bees fly in and out of an opening at the bottom of a hive belonging to Jeff Blomstedt's hive of Gill. For the Recorder/Gillis MacDougall Jeff Blomstedt keeps three hives at his Gill home, and several others at a nearby farm. For the Recorder/Gillis MacDougall A hive tool enables Jeff Blomstedt to lift frames from a super. For the Recorder/Gillis MacDougall Several tools are invaluable to a beekeeper. Jeff Blomstedt is shown holding his smoker and hive tool while wearing rubber gloves. Susan LaScala grows pollinator-friendly plants at her Gill home to help attract bees...

In a week's time, on 20 May, Slovenia and the rest of the world will celebrate World Bee Day for the fourth time. The UN General Assembly proclaimed World Bee Day on 20 December 2017. The main purpose of World Bee Day is to raise awareness among the international public about the importance of bees and other pollinators for humanity in the light of ensuring global food security, eliminating hunger and caring for the environment and biodiversity. On the occasion of this year's World Bee Day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) addresses the general public under the slogan B...