If you like to look at flowers, once again give a big thanks to bees. If you like veggies in your meals, thank the bees! Basically, bees are creatures that allow us to enjoy colorful plates of food, and I am, as a result, so happy to see them buzzing around!
The bees that I see here in Barcelona live in big hanging leaves that cover the wall of my student housing. For a whole three blocks, there is a wall covered in green leaves. This wall is home to hundreds (some might even say thousands) of bees!
There are many types of bees, so this depends. Honey bees, which are the ones we are most used to seeing, here, fly from flower to flower and collect a little dust, called pollen. This is how they survive. Also, this behavior is what allows our delicious food to grow and survive!
People now are beginning to realize that bees are very important to us. However, before this time, humans did not pay much attention to protecting bees. Some people would feed the bees poison, or kill these insects using other methods. Also, the quality of the air in some places can make bees sicken and die.
So, sadly, due to various human activities, many bees have died. The main goal now is to realize that we still have time to save the rest of the world's bee population! It is up to you guys, the young students, and all of us older students, to let people know how important bees are. We want to take care of them, so they will take care of us.
