Bees Are Having A Hard Time Of It,

the death toll is shocking,

more than 500 million bees have died in Brazil in the last three months, (and that is without the fires), in the United States, beekeepers lost four in 10 of their honeybee colonies in the past year, making it the worst winter on record, in Russia 20 regions reported mass bee deaths, with officials also warning it could mean 20% less honey being produced, at least one million bees died in South Africa in November 2018, with fipronil being blamed, and countries such as Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Turkey have all also reported mass die-offs of bees in the last 18 months, why is this so important? because bees contribute enormously to agriculture, as they are necessary for pollinating 75% of the world's crops, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, for the full story of what is happening have a look here.