No sábado, 15 Agosto celebra-se o Dia Internacional da Abelha (#HoneyBeeDay), celebre o papel vital que as abelhas desempenham na manutenção do nosso abastecimento alimentar, contribuindo para a biodiversidade e ajudando a alcançar os #ObjetivosGlobais.
Os polinizadores são os heróis desconhecidos dos nossos ecossistemas. Não esqueçamos.
Na sinfonia da natureza, cada bater de asas, zumbido e murmúrio desempenha um papel vital na saúde do nosso planeta. Os serviços de polinização são essenciais para a produção de alimentos e para a subsistência humana, e ligam directamente os ecossistemas selvagens aos sistemas de produção agrícola.
A grande maioria das espécies de plantas com flor só produz sementes se a polinização animal transportar o pólen das anteras para os estigmas das suas flores.
Sem este serviço de polinização, muitas espécies e processos que funcionam dentro de um ecossistema entrariam em colapso.
On Saturday's #HoneyBeeDay, this 13 August, celebrate the vital role bees play in maintaining our food supply, contributing to biodiversity and helping achieve the #GlobalGoals.
Pollinators are the unsung heroes of our ecosystems.
The day started in 2009 as Honey Bee Awareness Day and then National Honey Bee Day in the US. Beekeepers petitioned the USDA for a day to honor the hard-working honey bee and the beekeeping profession.
The idea soon spread, and people around the world have started observing the day. Thus World Honey Bee Day. But you’ll still see it referred to as National Honey Bee Day in the US and many US-based websites.
We’re US-based, but we believe the honey bee deserves worldwide recognition. Especially given how important it is to crops around the world. So we’ll be calling it a world day.
The original date for the celebration was August 22. Some still prefer that day, but over time it looks like the 3rd Saturday in August has become the day to celebrate.
In the symphony of nature, every flutter, buzz, and hum plays a vital role in the health of our planet. Pollination services are critical for food production and human livelihoods, and directly link wild ecosystems with agricultural production systems. The vast majority of flowering plant species only produce seeds if animal pollination move pollen from the anthers to the stigmas of their flowers.
Without this pollination service, many species and processes functioning within an ecosystem would collapse.
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