We all know that Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March every year, but what may not be clear are the reasons behind the institution of such an event. Find the perfect gift and give a beehive for Women's Day.
Read the articleWhat is generally remembered as Women's Day actually has an official name, namely International Women's Rights Day or, more simply, International Women's Day. It falls on 8 March all over the world and is a time to remember the social, economic and political achievements that women have hard won over the past decades. However, this occasion is also important to reflect on the discrimination and violence that still afflicts so many women around the world.
The origins of this anniversary date back to the early 1900s, when the 'women's question' was first discussed. More precisely, these issues and the debate on granting women the right to vote finally found space during the 7th Congress of the 2nd Socialist International held in Stuttgart in 1907. A few days later, the First International Conference of Socialist Women followed. On 3 May 1908, Corinne Brown chaired a conference of the Socialist Party in Chicago. All women were invited to it and for this reason, as well as for the issues addressed, it was called 'Woman's Day'. On 23 February 1909, the first official Women's Day was celebrated in the United States.
The story that many of us are probably familiar with, namely that Women's Day was established in memory of a fire in a shirt factory in New York City in 1908, does not therefore correspond to the truth about the origin of this anniversary. It is possible that confusion was created with a fire that actually occurred in the city, but on 25 March 1911. In any case, it was not until 1977 that the UN established the 'United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace' and many countries formalised 8 March as the date.
It later became customary to honour women with a gift. The most popular is certainly the mimosa, which was recognised as a symbol precisely in Italy in 1946. It was precisely this plant that was chosen because it blooms between February and March, exactly at the same time as Women's Day, and because it was particularly cheap and therefore affordable for everyone. However, the mimosa is not only a beautiful plant that heralds the arrival of spring, it is also a valuable source of food for bees. Precisely to protect and defend these incredible insects, you can leave the mimosas to them this year and give the women in your life a 3Bee hive.
Giving the gift of adopting a beehive monitored with 3Bee technology is not only an original and out-of-the-ordinary thought, it is also an environmentally friendly and sustainable action. Defend ecosystems and biodiversity Indeed, bees are extremely important for the maintenance of ecosystems and biodiversity. Without their daily pollination work, not only would our tables be empty, but the world itself would be very different from how we know it today. Just think that 75% of food crops depend on the work of pollinators, while if we talk about wild plants the percentage increases to 90%! At the end of the beekeeping season, the beekeeper will send the honey produced by your hive directly to your home and you can enjoy it in all its sweetness and authenticity! What better gift than to make known the many honeys that are produced in our peninsula?
