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SKNVibes | The value of bees is more than just a sweet thing

(FAO), Press Release 22 May, Bridgetown, Barbados - The mere sight of bees sends us scampering in fear of being stung, however we savor their honey to sweeten our food, desserts, pastries and teas, especially a hot lemon tea when nursing a common cold. In Barbados alone, the  demand for honey is estimated at 350,000 pounds on an annual basis. But bees are more than just producers of honey, a food rich in high-carbohydrate loaded with minerals and vitamins, they are critical to the pollination of many of our favorite fruits and vegetables and without them our biodiversity is at risk.   The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) states that more than 75% of the world’s food crops depend, to some extent, on pollination. Pollinators, like bees, butterflies, birds, moths and beetles help plants to reproduce. Fruits and vegetables are actually plant babies which comes from a plant that has been pollinated. 

FNB News - FAO chief highlights important role that bees play in food security

Monday, 24 May, 2021, 13 : 00 PM [IST] Rome On the occasion of the fourth observance of World Bee Day, FAO director-general Qu Dongyu highlighted the important role that bees and other pollinators play in ensuring ecosystems services, food security, nutrition, and livelihoods, at a high-level virtual gathering under the theme ‘Bee engaged - Build Back Better for Bees . The 2030 Agenda calls for the eradication of hunger and poverty said the director-general. We need food systems that are more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Bees play a major role in that. They are important to our food security, nutrition and the environment. It is estimated, said the director-general, that the value of pollination services to global food production is worth up to US$600 billion annually.

ANALYSIS: Why Africa must protect her wild bees | Premium Times Nigeria

ADVERTISEMENT In Africa, we live in one of the most species-rich, diverse, and most beautiful continents on the planet. Our lives are still intricately connected to nature, from the food we eat, to the water we drink, to the air we breathe, to the soil in which we plant our food, and to the sheer spiritual solace we can find in nature. These natural processes are intimately linked to pollinators; those insects, birds, butterflies, beetles, rodents and even lizards that are abundant in our biologically diverse landscapes. Bees are the most important pollinators and on World Bee Day we have much to celebrate here in Africa.

Did Angelina Jolie take it too far with her World Bee Day shoot?

Did Angelina Jolie take it too far with her World Bee Day shoot?
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SA s Honey Fraud Situation Is Only Getting Worse – 2oceansvibe News | South African and international news

The SA Bee Industry Organisation had a workshop last Thursday (on World Bee Day) to unpack the growing problem of honey adulteration and its threat to biodiversity, reports The Daily Maverick. They hope to send a message for consumers, regulators, and retailers to vote with their wallets and stem the rising tide of fake honey. Out of all these high-demand food products, honey fraud has particularly increased and evolved because it is a more complex product that makes testing its authenticity rather expensive. Honey is defined by the Codex Alimentarius (1981), which is a collection of internationally accepted standards of practice to protect consumer health and ensure fair practices in the food trade, as follows:

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