Jamaica has a rich history of Bee Conservation and is home to 69 varieties of bees. Its diverse Ecosystem is the reason why we can find over 500 specimens of these species in its National History Museum.
Unfortunately though, Jamaica, and indeed the entire world, is witnessing a dangerous decline in the population of honeybees.
The Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) has already announced that the “Declining bee populations pose a threat to global food security and nutrition.”.
The sad condition of honey bee populaces can be credited to the obliteration of their normal natural surroundings, impractical cultivating works on, expanding air contamination, environmental change, and unrestrained utilization of pesticides and different synthetic substances. The little Caribbean nation is now feeling the repercussions of dissolving honey bee populaces. Furthermore, that has made honey bee moderates like Theon Ali, considerably more vocal about his concerns. He has been lobbying for significant stages to be taken for more than 10 years: “I have begun in 2010 with a fertilization mindfulness for schools since I maintained that the new ages should know since early on about the significance of honey bees in our current circumstance.”
But this is not enough. Mr Theon Ali and his team have now been instrumental in helping bees regain their territory by:
• Supporting their beekeepers through funding campaigns
• Creating programs to conserve old meadows, sow plants that bear nectar, such as sunflowers or marigolds
• Encouraging the use of organic pesticides and time their sprays to cause little to no damage to bee populations.
“These steps will help conserve not just the biological diversity but also the cultural heritage of Jamaica. I hope that countries around the globe appreciate the critical nature of their native bee populations and take steps to conserve them before it is too late”
The sad condition of honey bee populaces can be credited to the obliteration of their normal natural surroundings, impractical cultivating works on, expanding air contamination, environmental change, and unrestrained utilization of pesticides and different synthetic substances. The little Caribbean nation is now feeling the repercussions of dissolving honey bee populaces. Furthermore, that has made honey bee moderates like Theon Ali, considerably more vocal about his concerns. He has been lobbying for significant stages to be taken for more than 10 years: “I have begun in 2010 with a fertilization mindfulness for schools since I maintained that the new ages should know since early on about the significance of honey bees in our current circumstance.”
But this is not enough. Mr Theon Ali and his team have now been instrumental in helping bees regain their territory by: