Bee massacre: a registry is born to count and save them.

BEES REGISTER –

To save them, let's start counting them. In front of the massacre of bees finally the government takes some steps and establishes, with a collaboration between the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, the bee registryIt will help us understand with scientific precision how many there are, why they are decreasing, and how to combat their massacre. These are essential choices, not only for our economy (we are the third largest in the world for beekeeping production) but for the entire ecosystem's balance. And because Without bees, a third of the food we consume would disappear, in particular some fruits such as apples and oranges but also carrots and broccoli, and many plants would become extinct.This is why countermeasures to save bees and the biodiversity they guarantee will be one of the topics addressed during the Milan Expo entitled Feeding the Planet.

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BEE MASSACRE –

The bee massacre is a global phenomenon. In France, for example, pollinator mortality rates have exceeded 50 percent over the past ten years. In America, there are now approximately 1.5 million hives, compared to nine million in the 1920s, and three-quarters of the honey produced in the United States no longer comes from bees. In the United Kingdom, the complete disappearance of bees is even predicted on the calendar, with a very short deadline: 2020. And in Italy, where in just one year (2008) there was a 40 percent collapse in the bee population, this year honey production has halved. with negative effects on prices and quality: all due to the decrease in insects and also to the continuous thefts of arnie.

DEPOPULATION OF BEEHIVES –

What scientists call "hive depopulation syndrome" is now a true pathology of the planet. And the causes are not always the same (this is the fundamental reason that justifies the creation of a registry), but often recur. The first concerns the excessively widespread and generalized use of pesticides in agriculture. Then there's insect malnutrition, which shortens their lifespan, again due to the use of chemicals in crops. A third factor: climate change, which is devastating for bees. And finally, electromagnetic pollution shouldn't be underestimated. Therefore, the disappearance of bees is increasingly a global threat that must be addressed with global responses.

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