WATCH: Learners get buzzing to raise awareness on bees
The endangerment of bees has become widely noted all over the world and for this reason, this was the school's way of raising awareness on Thursday, 20 May.
IN commemoration of World Bee Day, learners and staff at Bluff Christian Academy were encouraged to dress as bees or in yellow.
The endangerment of bees has become widely noted all over the world and for this reason, this was the school’s way of raising awareness on Thursday, 20 May.
The school’s marketer, Michelle Ann Killian, said information on how to take action about the dropping numbers of bees is very scarce in this age.
“That’s why World Bee Day exists, to educate people about the importance of bees and how they can help preserve them for the sake of the future.”
“World Bee Day helps educate people about the importance of bees and what they do for the environment, which includes how they help grow 90 per cent of the world’s wildflower plants. Thirty-five per cent of the world’s crops depend on bees to grow, and how they help build ecosystems all over the world.
“With these statistics, the United Nations has created various programmes all over the world to increase awareness of protecting bees and what you can do to help this cause,” she said.
The sound of bees buzzing echoed around the school in the morning and many even dressed the part. Michelle noted that bees are fascinating insects, even without all the services they provide for humans.
“For instance, the phrase bee’s knees makes absolutely no sense, because bees actually don’t have knees. Bees also communicate by dancing – can you imagine if humans didn’t talk and only communicated via the medium of dance? If you consider honey as well, it has also been used as an antiseptic and treatment for burns and wounds for centuries,” she added.
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