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:Indeed, it is something that is and may even unfortunately become the future of beekeeping. Today we realize that biodiversity is drastically collapsing. To give you an idea, 2% of the population of pollinators die each year. 2% is the equivalent to the number of victims of the Spanish flu. On a human level, this crisis was a disaster. This is happening every year, year after year, to pollinators.<br> | :Indeed, it is something that is and may even unfortunately become the future of beekeeping. Today we realize that biodiversity is drastically collapsing. To give you an idea, 2% of the population of pollinators die each year. 2% is the equivalent to the number of victims of the Spanish flu. On a human level, this crisis was a disaster. This is happening every year, year after year, to pollinators.<br> | ||
:If we consider the biomass of pollinators, we lost about 76% of it. You can see it every summer when you go on holiday. A few years ago, your car would be covered with crushed mosquitoes and other pollinators. Today, your car would be as clean as it was when you left. The reason being that there are no pollinators anymore. They’re nearly all dead. And if we consider the diversity of species, we have almost lost half of it. This is the marker of how problematic our environment actually is. And since pollinators no longer exist, there is now a problem of pollination. And it is a fundamental issue because a third of our food depends on pollinated plants. This is a major problematic that we have to adress, especially since pollinators have an impact that is also eco-systemic — in other words, they contribute to the planet’s ecology by being responsible for the life of other species of plants, birds or even fish.<br> | :If we consider the biomass of pollinators, we lost about 76% of it. You can see it every summer when you go on holiday. A few years ago, your car would be covered with crushed mosquitoes and other pollinators. Today, your car would be as clean as it was when you left. The reason being that there are no pollinators anymore. They’re nearly all dead. And if we consider the diversity of species, we have almost lost half of it. This is the marker of how problematic our environment actually is. And since pollinators no longer exist, there is now a problem of pollination. And it is a fundamental issue because a third of our food depends on pollinated plants. This is a major problematic that we have to adress, especially since pollinators have an impact that is also eco-systemic — in other words, they contribute to the planet’s ecology by being responsible for the life of other species of plants, birds or even fish.<br> | ||
:“Transhumance” means that, as we are facing a lack of resources, beekeepers must now run after them so that their bees do not simply die of hunger. They have to constantly move their hives, in search for food. Meanwhile, farmers must now call on beekeepers to help them pollinate their own crops. This is a | :“Transhumance” means that, as we are facing a lack of resources, beekeepers must now run after them so that their bees do not simply die of hunger. They have to constantly move their hives, in search for food. Meanwhile, farmers must now call on beekeepers to help them pollinate their own crops. This is a phenomenon which is still rather rare in France but is huge in the United States. A beekeeper who will help pollinate almond trees in California will come to travel around the whole country, allowing other crops like cranberries for instance, to also be pollinated. | ||
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