This weekend will take place a didactic day of awareness and sensitization on the conservation of these insects and their role in nature
From Terra Natura Benidorm we warn of the loss of biodiversity due to the disappearance of the bee colonies. To raise awareness about this problem, we will develop some educational sessions by the beekeeper Salvador Andrés, including two awareness and sensitization talks about these insects and the functions they fulfil as essential links in the conservation of wild ecosystems. These days will take place on August 7th and 8th.
The first session will be held next to the hive and will focus on the life of bees within this space so that people know and understand them better, in addition to respecting them and promoting their protection. This talk starts at 11.30 am and will last around 30 minutes, we will chat about the keys to know these insects from the observation provided by the didactic hive that is in Terra Natura Benidorm. In addition, a hive will be enabled with photos to be able to admire these insects in detail.
The other intervention will use a selection of photos from ApiMed and it will show the concept of the hive as a living superorganism. This other talk will take place at 3.30pm each day and will be illustrated with some old hives and some tools made by the beekeeper to extract honey from the hives. Visitors feel free to buy natural honey in this space.
The target of this recreational-educational initiative is to raise awareness about the loss of biodiversity. If bees (and some other insects) did not exist, human beings would practically eat cereals and rice. About 70% of current crops depend largely or totally on animal pollination like all fruits, vegetables, oil seeds, spices, coffee and cocoa, among other plant foods.
Its role as a guarantor of the environmental balance of ecosystems has earned it the nickname of ‘sentinel of the environment’. The use of pesticides for crops in the fields has caused the reduction of bee populations worldwide. In addition to the common European bee (Apis mellifera), there are 16,000 species of wild bees.