BUZZ ISSUE-U:BEE ONLINE #04

of all kinds.
bees
sure you've read in the news that
We're
the moment.
at
disease, pesticides and loss of
With
help.
if you don't love bees it's
Even
their survival.
support
at Buzz we decided to do what
Here
The Hive name is 'Hafwen' and it
Hive.
situated in beautiful North Wales.
is
pollination.
include most fruits and
These
many nuts, and plants such
vegetables,
rapeseed that are turned into oil, as
as
as cocoa beans, coffee and tea.
well
it’s not only food crops but fodder
And
well.
economic terms, honeybee
In
globally.
every edition of BUZZ we will keep
In
updated with the latest 'Hive News'.
you
the next pages you can read
Over
IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE BEES AT BUZZ
BY MARK EVE
BEES FACE MANY
THREATS, TO THE
POINT WHERE
EXPERTS FEAR SOME
SPECIES ARE
THREATENED WITH
EXTINCTION
It could be something to do with our
name but at BUZZ Magazine we love
bees are having a really difficult time
The hive is maintained by our friends at
the National Beekeeping Centre in
Wales who are leading the way in
helping the native bee population. They
their natural habitats making life very
told us that bees pollinate about a third
difficult for the bees they need our
of everything we eat and play a vital
role in sustaining our ecosystems.
important to do everything you can to
More than three quarters of crops
grown for human consumption need to
be pollinated by bees. Honeybees
we could and help by sponsoring a Bee
account for 80% of all insect
crops for livestock and crops such as
cotton that rely on bee pollination as
pollination could be worth as much as
£200m to the UK alone and $170bn
what's been happening in Hafwen Hive.
Issue Four:July 2019 / buzz@ubee.org.uk / www.ubee.org.uk / Page 8