World Bee Day 2022 is on Friday, 20th May 2022. Bee Day celebrations raise awareness about the threats to pollinators like bees by human activities. In December 2017, the United Nations ( UN) approved this day and the First World Bee Day was celebrated on Sunday, 20 May 2018. In the current year 2022, the fifth observance of this special day is taking place.
Purpose Of World Bee Day
The purpose of World Bee Day is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem.
Theme of World Bee Day 2022
World Bee Day theme 2022 is “Bee engaged: Build Back Better for Bees”
By this theme, The United Nations focused on the threats of protection posed by COVID-19 to bees and other pollinators.UN also urged upon bee-keeping awareness and the importance of bee-derived products. This Theme of Bee Day 2022 provides a direction for all the celebrations of World Bee Day 2022.
The food and agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO will organize a virtual event on 20 May 2022.
Did you know:
1.Though bees have jointed legs, they do not possess anything like a kneecap, and therefore do not have knees.
2. Honey has antiseptic properties and was historically used as a dressing for wounds and a first aid treatment for burns and cuts.
3. The natural fruit sugars in honey – fructose and glucose – are quickly digested by the body. This is why sportsmen and athletes use honey to give them a natural energy boost.
4. The practice of beekeeping dates back at least 4,500 years.
5. Bees must gather nectar from two million flowers to make one pound of honey
6. One bee has to fly about 90,000 miles – three times around the globe – to make one pound of honey.
7. The average bee will make only 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
8. A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.
9. A honey bee can fly for up to six miles, and as fast as 15 miles per hour.
10. Bees communicate by dancing.
Source: https://nationaldaycalendar.com/world-bee-day-may-20/
Also in 2021, the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan released a free booklet with the Irish Examiner, ‘Working together for Biodiversity – the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan’. You can access it here as a digital flipbook
Visit World Bee Day or All-Ireland Pollinator Plan for more information.
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