World Bee Day: bees under threat, but solutions exist, report finds

Without them, most of our crops would not grow.

But the humble bee has been on the decline for decades.

Pesticides and climate change have taken much of the blame for that downward trend. Now a new report to mark World Bee Day has highlighted emerging problems threatening their existence. The report states that almost 90 percent of flowering plants and three quarters of the world’s staple crops rely on pollinators.

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