{"id":3015,"date":"2022-05-20T14:27:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T11:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2022-05-20T18:37:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:37:19","slug":"world-bee-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/world-bee-day-2022","title":{"rendered":"World Bee Day 2022 in Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span id=\"Summary\">Summary<\/span><\/h3><div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Summary\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> Summary<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#History\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> History<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Why_a_World_Bee_Day\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> Why a World Bee Day?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Interesting_facts_about_bees_and_pollinators\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> Interesting facts about bees and pollinators<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/\">Department of Ecosystems and Conservation (DEC)<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sua.ac.tz\/\">Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)<\/a> is joining the world to celebrate World Bee Day \u2013 20th May 2022. On this special day, beekeepers and nature conservationists are uniting to encourage improvement of the conditions for bees. They are aiming to build sustainable pollination services in order to safeguard our food security.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the World Bee Day is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem. Every year on this day, the global public is focus on the importance of preserving honey bees and all other pollinators. Also, the day provides an opportunity to organizations, civil societies, and concerned citizens worldwide to promote actions that will protect and improve pollinators and their habitats, increase their population and support the long-term development of beekeeping.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (MNRT), Government of Tanzania is celebrating World Bee Day on 20th May, 2022 in Mpanda, Katavi Region. The Honorable Mizengo Pinda (former Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania) officially opens the World Bee Day celebration in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"History\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On this day Slovenian Anton Jan\u0161a, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. Beekeeping is taken so seriously in Slovenia that the nation\u2019s unofficial motto is \u201cLand of the Good Beekeepers\u201c. The country produces gourmet honey, offers beekeeping tourism, and likes to point out that the Slovenes \u2013 the wealthiest Slavic nation in the world \u2013 takes its work ethic from the honey bee.<\/p>\n<p>May was the chosen month for World Bee Day because in the northern hemisphere the need for pollination is greatest during that period, while in the southern hemisphere it is a time for harvesting honey and bee products.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for a World Bee Day was conceived on September 15th, 2014. Slovenian beekeeper Bostjan Noc was driving to work at The Slovenian Beekeeper\u2019s Association where he is president, listening to a radio program about World Days and their meaning and he wondered why bees didn\u2019t have their own day. Considering that every third spoonful of the world\u2019s food relies on bees and other pollinators and that bees are increasingly endangered and almost no longer able to survive without human interventions and support, it seemed only right that the global public should be made aware.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Why_a_World_Bee_Day\">Why a World Bee Day?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>By observing World Bee Day each year, we can raise awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy, and on the many challenges they face today. We have been celebrating this day since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Today bees, pollinators, and many other insects are declining in abundance. This day provides an opportunity for all of us \u2013 whether we work for governments, organizations or civil society or are concerned citizens \u2013 to promote actions that will protect and enhance pollinators and their habitats, improve their abundance and diversity, and support the sustainable development of beekeeping.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Interesting_facts_about_bees_and_pollinators\"><strong>Interesting facts about bees and pollinators<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats, contribute to 35 percent of the world\u2019s total crop production, pollinating 87 of 115 leading food crops worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>Three out of four crops across the globe producing fruits or seeds for human use as food depend, at least in part, on pollinators.<\/li>\n<li>Pollination benefits human nutrition \u2013 enabling not only the production of an abundance of fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, but also more variety and better quality.<\/li>\n<li>The alarming decline of bees and pollinators in many regions can be attributed to a number of factors including improper use of pesticides, habitat degradation, unsustainable intensification of agricultural systems, pests and pathogens, and climate change.<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable agriculture approaches such as agroecology can reduce risk to pollinators by helping to diversify the agricultural landscape, offering natural habitats to pollinators, and making use of ecological processes as part of food production.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s celebrate together, raise awareness and do something good for bees.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SummaryContents1 Summary2 History3 Why a World Bee Day?4 Interesting facts about bees and pollinators The\u00a0Department of Ecosystems and Conservation (DEC)\u00a0of\u00a0Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is joining the world to celebrate World Bee Day \u2013 20th May 2022. 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