How to Help Bees? Here are 8 Tips

Not only would many fruits and vegetables no longer be available, but also coffee and chocolate would no longer be available. Serious consequences would also affect the environment. Without the support of bees and pollinators for the reproduction and spread of nearly 90% of wild and spontaneous plants, entire ecosystems would disappear with an incalculable loss of biodiversity. The survival and health of pollinators is challenged by so many dangers: pollution, climate change, habitat depletion, diseases, pests and pesticide abuse. These are the main causes that are threatening the well-being and survival of these very important insects. If some of these require intervention at state and supra-state level, can we do something to help these very important insects? Of course! Let's look at 8 tips to save bees every day.

Numerous media campaigns promote the erroneous myth of the disappearance of honeybees. In reality, although they have a high mortality rate, they are constantly being 'replaced'. The real concern stems from the negligence of beekeepers: neglect of the land, ignorance of bee diseases and their hunger. Pesticides are cited as the only enemy, when the problem is often internal. The main dilemma is the loss of biodiversity. Many beekeepers obsessively exploit honeybees, overpopulating areas of low biodiversity. This over-pollination causes stress to pollinators and imbalance in the ecosystem. Therefore, we must not increase the number of honeybees, but reduce their mortality.

One of the simplest things one can do is to plant flowers in the garden, vegetable garden, balcony and green spaces that can provide valuable nourishment for bees. Since habitat depletion is a huge problem for these insects, providing pollinators with sources of nourishment can be very important. It is therefore useful to choose nectariferous plants that are loved by bees and that can offer scalar flowering. This will allow you to have flowers from spring to autumn. But what are the flowers that bees love the most? Spring plants include chives, rosemary, dandelion, sage and clover. Summer plants, on the other hand, are lavender, echinacea, yarrow, sunflower, marigold, mallow and marigold. In autumn we have Jerusalem artichoke and chrysanthemum.

Another choice we can make to help bees and pollinators is to avoid using harmful chemicals in our gardens and vegetable gardens. Many treatments that are commonly used against weeds, certain types of insects and fungi also have negative effects on bees. This is why it is better to prefer natural products that do not harm insects, the environment and our health. A choice for their health and for the protection of our planet and its delicate ecosystems.

If you have space, you can not only plant bee-saving flowers, but also bee-friendly plants and trees. In this way you will provide pollinators with an invaluable source of nourishment. They will thank you with trees full of delicious fruit! Among the most popular ones are the cherry, almond, peach, apricot, apple, pear, chestnut and citrus. You can also choose types that bloom in winter, such as the nespole and the hazelnut. Another plant popular with bees is the evodia. This generally flowers in late summer, providing bees with an important source of nutrition to build up stocks for the winter. There are also other trees that are particularly prized for their abundant nectar production. Among the most famous are the tiglium, robinia, maple, willow, eucalyptus and carob.

A very interesting initiative is to install a home for bees and wild pollinators in your garden or balcony. Wild pollinators are very important and very often in trouble. Providing them with a shelter can be helpful in promoting the pollination of plants and flowers. The bee house, or Beehouse, is not a real beehive. Wild pollinators do not use the little house to deposit honey, but only to lay eggs and raise the future generation of bees. 3Bee has launched the My Polly project specifically for wild pollinators. Polly house is a small house designed precisely for these solitary bees. You can install it wherever you want and place cocoons of bees waiting for their birth. Once hatched, they will pollinate flowers and plants and return to the nest to lay new eggs. <a href="https://

You can also create a bee-sized environment with other small gestures. Very important is to provide the bees in the summer with basins with water. You can set up shallow basins with stones in them. The bees will then be able to rest close to the water and collect it easily. Water is indeed very important both for thermoregulation of the hive and for brood rearing. During the spring and early summer months in particular, bees collect large quantities of water. This water is used to maintain optimal temperature and humidity levels within the hive, but not only.

There are times of the year when bees have more difficulty finding nourishment. You will often have seen bees disoriented on windowsills or near windows. They are either explorer and forager bees looking for nectar sources or bees surprised by cold or hunger. To help them find the strength to return to the hive, you can support them with a few drops of syrup, prepared with water and sugar. This will give them the strength they need for the flight home!

How many of us are bothered by 'weeds'? They often give us a sense of neglect and disorder. In reality many wild and spontaneous plants are very important for bees and their sustenance! Consider that about 90% of these plants depend on bees for their reproduction and propagation. This means that almost 90% of 'weeds' provide bees with nectar and pollen. Sometimes leaving the garden or flowerbeds a little uncultivated can be very useful!

We launched the first pollinator protection campaign, selecting less than 100 virtuous beekeepers and growers from over 15,000 applications. Adopt a 3Bee hive and support the first sustainable beekeepers and growers! Not only will you receive honey selected and produced by your bees, but you will be able to monitor your hive for a year thanks to technology that prevents bee mortality. 3Bee systems collect key biological parameters of the hive, allowing the beekeeper to constantly monitor the health of the bees and ensuring the well-being of the hive. By adopting a 3Bee hive, you support the work of these beekeepers and growers who promote biodiversity, bringing you closer to this extraordinary world. Honey does not have to be the motivation to buy, but the desire to participate in the largest pollinator protection project.

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