This Sunday (May 20th) is the first ever World Bee Day!
In Canberra, there’ll be activities on all day (and some on Saturday too!).The official opening of World Bee Day kicks off at the Slovenian Embassy on Sunday morning. Parliament House will serve afternoon tea using honey from the Parliamentary bees, and later on the Swiss Embassy and the ANU are partnering to host a free screening of “More than Honey” at Coombs Theatre on ANU campus.
Find out about all these events and more by clicking here.
About 1/3 of what we eat relies on pollination by bees, but they’re under threat from pollution, disease, pesticides, intensive agriculture, introduced species and climate change. This year, the UN announced World Bee Day as a way of celebrating the important role of bees and raising awareness about how to live a more bee-friendly lifestyle.
To learn more about the bee issue in Australia, head over to the Australian Academy of Science’s low-down here.
