Experts say that if climate change, pesticides and habitat loss are not addressed, these important insects will become extinct.
Heavy rain and low temperatures they are saturating bee colonies and their habitats in France.
In Saint-Selve, in southwestern France, a beekeeper says that June It is usually a good month for honey productionbut right now, few hives are filled with nectar-seeking insects.
“The flower is wet and soaked, so the bee can’t get in because it’s too cold and you don’t go out and, above all, the bee can’t find the nectar,” says beekeeper Dominique Laforce.
A threat to your existence
Four years ago, the European Commission adopted the Biodiversity Strategy 2030, with the aim of putting the continent’s natural environment back on track. towards a “recovery” by 2030.
The plan includes specific goals for beesincluding “halt and reverse pollinator decline“.
Experts say that if climate change, pesticides and habitat loss are not addressed, these important insects they will become extinct.
