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Thursday 20 May 2021
Bee on a dandelion - Liam Cabot

It’s World Bee Day. Even the UN thinks it’s important enough to have on their official calendar.

Their main Bee Day photograph is captioned: ‘Three out of four crops across the globe producing fruits, or seeds for use as human food depend, at least in part, on bees and other pollinators.’

That pollinators are under threat will only surprise someone who’s been stuck in Disneyland for 30 years. It’s a serious issue we’re facing. Losing pollinators threatens the survival of life on earth. Pollinators such as bees are struggling to survive the toxic cocktail of chemicals that humans have liberally...

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