Scientists in Florida have rediscovered an extremely rare metallic blue bee. The blue calamintha bee hadn’t been spotted in several years, leading experts to conclude it was probably extinct. Coming just before World Bee Day, an annual awareness-raising event highlighting the value of bees and other pollinators for the survival of our ecosystems, this is […]
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7 Reasons Why You Should Care about Bees
Our buzzing insect friends are rapidly disappearing. They play a vital role in human continuity, supplying us with food and maintaining a balanced eco-system. Find out why these black and yellow honey-makers are so very important. Believe it or not, bees are the foundation of the human food chain; in other words – without bees, […]
Morgan Freeman Turned His Ranch Into a Giant Bee Sanctuary
Freeman has joined the global effort to help repopulate these valuable pollinators. Morgan Freeman is best known as an actor, director, and philanthropist and has now also added ‘beekeeper extraordinaire’ to his long list of achievements. The 82-year-old screen star converted his 124-acre Charleston, Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary. Freeman first started keeping bees […]
