by Martin Lewis | Jul 15, 2024 | World Bee Journal
The sun is low on the horizon, and the scorching heat of the day is finally subsiding. I stand beside a parched field in a small village in the Ayyalur district of Tamil Nadu, about to meet Danam. Danam is thirty years old and has three children. She and her husband,...
by Martin Lewis | Jul 15, 2024 | World Bee Journal
Infrastructure projects pose one of the most significant threats to global biodiversity, and biodiversity loss is a critical threat to maintaining a habitable planet. With England’s new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) law, should we look forward positively to a future...
by Martin Lewis | May 19, 2024 | World Bee Journal
As bees pollinate the majority of the food crops we eat, bees are clearly vital for our survival. But to grow more food, we are creating bigger and bigger farms but big farms tend to destroy the native habitats which are vital for the survival of both wild and managed...
by Martin Lewis | May 9, 2024 | World Bee Journal
Whilst the domesticated, managed Apis Mellifera honey bees we are familiar with are important for pollinating crops and producing honey, their role is just a part of a far greater contribution played by the 20,000 species of wild, free-living bees, which include Apis...
by Martin Lewis | Nov 15, 2023 | World Bee Journal
We know about the fascinating behaviours of honey bees (Apis Mellifera), which are managed worldwide for pollination and honey production. Still, we don’t know much about ‘wild’, free-flying, ‘solitary bees’. They range from the miniscule...
