{"id":427999,"date":"2023-05-20T09:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T06:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=427999"},"modified":"2023-05-20T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T09:35:45","slug":"world-bee-day-our-food-and-survival-depend-on-these-little-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/world-bee-day-our-food-and-survival-depend-on-these-little-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bee Day: Our food and survival depend on these little workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The UN General Assembly established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/bee-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Bee Day<\/a> in 2017 to highlight the importance of these small workers on which the survival of humanity and ecosystems depend: they are responsible for pollinating three-quarters of the world&#8217;s agricultural crops and 90% of wild flowering plant species.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 20 May, World Bee Day, farmers are invited to do their work in a way that does not harm bees: reduce the use of pesticides &#8211; which can kill entire colonies &#8211; or change the substances used, diversify agricultural crops and create hedgerows for a diversity of plants on the land, which attracts pollinating bees.<\/p>\n<p>Bee species extinction rates have increased 100 to 1000-fold due to human activities.<\/p>\n<p>What we can do on an individual level:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant native and flowering plants in our yards and fields, and plants which flower at different times of the year.<\/li>\n<li>Buy raw honey from local producers.<\/li>\n<li>Buy products obtained through organic or sustainable agriculture.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid using fungicides, pesticides or herbicides in the garden.<\/li>\n<li>Spread the word about the importance of these small workers who make our survival possible.<\/li>\n<li>In developed countries, eco-aware people interested in the issue have started sponsoring a beehive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photo credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene (beekeeping in Romania)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN General Assembly established World Bee Day in 2017 to highlight the importance of these small workers on which the survival of humanity and ecosystems depend: they are responsible for pollinating three-quarters of the world&#8217;s agricultural crops and 90% of wild flowering plant species. On 20 May, World Bee Day, farmers are invited to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":427998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10171,10386,10366,30484],"class_list":["post-427999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anniversaries-and-commemorations","tag-environment","tag-orthodox-news","tag-stiri-ortodoxe","tag-world-bee-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}