Protecting solitary bees

INTRODUCTION

Bees serve as an important example of how biodiversity provides free ecosystem services upon which humans and other wildlife rely. Study after study confirms that bee populations around the world are declining, with many species of bees becoming endangered and, in some cases, extinct faster than ever before. If they disappear the consequences might be cascading and significant.

Various organizations and people aim to support wild bees, as pollinator’s decline and the loss of habitats is one of the most talked environmental issue. It is indeed a nice desire to be helpful and fix the things we see that are broken around us. But the problem is that the world of bees is complex and with declining issue not easy addressable...

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