Nadene Goldfoot
Words of pleasantness are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and healthy to the bone.
Proverbs 16:24
Eat honey, my child, for it is good, And drippings of the honeycomb are sweet on your palate.” (Proverbs 24:13)
The Promised Land to the Israelites was described as a land flowing with milk and honey in the bible, a sign of the abundance, ease, and prosperity to be found there.... the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.” (Exodus 3:6-8)
Honey in the bible was a symbol of good health for Samuel. So the entire people did not taste food. Then all the people of the land came into the forest, where there was nectar on the surface of the field. The people came to the forest and behold! there was an oozing of nectar, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.. But Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people, so he stretched out the edge of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it into the nectar of the cane;. He then brought his hand to his mouth and his eyes lit up.” (1 Samuel 14:24-27)
Habitat loss is one of the greatest threats to bees today.
Native bees are the most important wild pollinator group. This is why researchers have been trying to conserve native bee habitats in Israel’s coastal region, where large-scale eucalyptus plantings caused dramatic changes in habitat characteristics and decreased local biodiversity.
Israeli and Belgian researchers led by Prof. Yael Mandelik and PhD candidate Karmit Levy from the spent the past five years studying the effect of restoration activities and specifically how they are benefiting the local bee population. It was during their studies at Alexander River National Park that they found the new wild bee species.
Bee Sanctuaries consist of honeybee hives and/or native bee houses placed in zoos, urban farms, and other green spaces where they serve as valuable environmental and educational resources. Host locations provide protected habitat that includes food and nesting sites for bumble, mason, carpenter, leafcutter, honey and other bees, and sites are maintained by The Bee Conservancy’s dedicated team of Sanctuary Beekeepers.
Bee colonies are in the midst of a massive die-off thanks to dangerous pesticides that poison them and destroy their habitats. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has done little to regulate the widespread use of bee-killing pesticides.
For decades, insecticides like neonicotinoids have been used on crops to kill plant pests. But it’s the bee population that has severely suffered, declining at an alarming rate and heading toward extinction.
The only way to save bees, our health, and ultimately our food supply, is to ban bee-killing pesticides -- including all products that contain neonicotinoids.
https://www.israel21c.org/a-new-bee-species-is-discovered-in-israel/
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