Yes, and I mean bees rule! From my unforgettable experience in a bee farm, I’ve never forgotten how bees are important “beautifiers” not only with the sweet nectar they make, but also with their by-products that are made into precious beauty products that look our best. Take for example - lipbalms from beeswax! Equating it as such, when you see a bee, be thankful for your soft, luscious lips! Haha!
June 22-28 is Pollinator Week, and as celebration of that, we are giving away 5 Radiance Kits from Burts Bees. Radiance Kits include travel sizes of Burts Bees’ signature products in travel sizes. I’ve already spoken with Burts Bees’ rep but they told me that the contest is open only to US residents only ( sorry to non-US residents, I’ll make it up to you, I promise! ).
For the mechanics, let’s go bee-fact hunting! Bring me back a nice fact about bees from the following sites:
* Burts Bees Website ( www.burtsbees.com )
* The Pollinator Partnership (www.pollinator.org)
*Haagen-Dazs Honeybee program (www.haagendazs.com)
For your chosen bee fact, simply reply via a comment in this entry. I will be accepting bee facts until June 29, and the winners will be notified via email and a blogpost.
So, anyone game? I’m waiting to give them away! Whoopee!
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Honeybees pollinate one third of the fruit and vegetables we eat.
Estimates show that 23% of commercial beekeeping operations in the U.S, suffered from Colony Collapse Disorder in the winter of 2006-2007.
Thanks for the giveaway
Just as in a human household, female bees do almost all of the work in a hive and are the only ones with the ability to sting;)
Most bees are fuzzy and carry an electrostatic charge, which aids in the adherence of pollen.
Pollinators are essential to life.
Nearly 80% of our world’s crop plants require pollination.
Without pollinators, humans and ecosystems cannot survive. Due to biodiversity threats such as land development, pollution, and pesticide poisoning, we are losing pollinators around the world at an alarming rate.
“The honey bee is responsible for $15 billion in U.S. agricultural crops each year.”
15 BILLION! That’s a lot of money. :0 I didn’t realize how important honey bees are.
The Giant Japanese Hornet is on average three inches long and shoots flesh-melting acid that contains a pheromone that attracts every other hornet in the hive. They can fly 50 miles in a day and live just outside of Tokyo! Ouch!
http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html
One cause of these losses is an alarming phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder, or “CCD.” When a hive experiences CCD, the honey bees mysteriously leave their hive and die. CCD symptoms were reported by more than 35 states across the United States and in many other countries.
every third bite of food we eat depends on bees for pollination
Nearly 80% of our world’s crop plants require pollination. Birds, bees, butterflies, but also beetles, mosquitoes, and even bats transfer pollen between seed plants. This function is vital for plant reproduction.
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