This day marks the importance of bees, which for centuries have benefited people, plants and the environment. Not just by carrying pollen from one flower to another which helps the production of an abundance of fruits, nuts and seeds, but also by adding more variety and better quality, contributing to food security and nutrition. In fact, bees, birds and bats, affect 35 % of the world's crop production, increasing outputs of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide, plus many plant-derived medicines.
Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities. Pollination is, howeve...