Threats to bees

Bees play a very important role in our ecosystem: they provide us with plant food, they pollinate plants and without them the population of trees would decrease... that’s why bees are important.

Certainly such small and defenceless beings are not dangerous but they certainly have many enemies: e.g. the use of pesticides in agriculture is a big problem , in fact 40% of bees die because of these farming techniques !

Another problem is habitat loss. The cause is man who builds more and more houses or shops and destroys the habitat of bees and of other animals.

Bees also suffer from diseases and the action of parasites such as varroa.

Climate change, with abnormal temperatures and rainfall, is also a major threat.