World Bee Day

World Bee Day is coming on May 20th! Follow us for information about the day and what you can do to help pollinators #WorldBeeDay

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World Bee Day is May 20th 2018! Over the next few weeks we will be sharing information about why bees matter and what you can do to help. #WorldBeeDay

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The first World Bee Day has been a storming success! Please stick with us over the coming year for news and updates on bees, as well as a special contest to win a beehive! More details to come

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If you feel inspired by today's activity please keep your eyes peeled for all types of bees over the summer, and share any photos you take of our buzzing friends!

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Bee-autiful illustrations! (Ok ok we won't use that pun anymore today) https://t.co/0kr3KPdC4n

[BBC Wildlife @WildlifeMag]

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How to identify spring bees

Our guide will help you recognise 12 early-emerging bee species - many of which are common in gardens: https://t.co/JgTqWZI9RZ
🖌 Felicity Rose Cole

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@early_learner Sounds like you have some pleasant visitors Liz! It is good to hear of Black Bees doing well in the wild.

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Congratulations to Slovenia not just for World Bee Day but also for leading the way on laws to protect bees! https://t.co/fKvPJLXYO3

[Tadej Rupel @tadejrupel]

#Slovenia is the only country in the EU to have introduced legal protection for its bees 🐝 & to prohibit use of certain pesticides harmful to 🐝.
🐝 are essential to ecological balance and biodiversity. Lets take concrete ACTION to PRESERVE and PROTECT bee colonies.#WorldBeeDay

[Dr Tobias Smith @EcologyToby]

For #WorldBeeDay, here are two awesome #Australian bees. Our biggest, Xylocopa, and our smallest, Euryglossina (which also happen to be the smallest bees in the whole world!). Just two of Australia's 1600+ bee species. So much still to learn about Australian #bees!

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

What’s all the buzz about?
It’s the first ever #WorldBeeDay! Learn more about why 🐝🐝 are so important to achieving #ZeroHunger 👇 https://t.co/twSSMb9RU9

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Superb stamp designs to mark the occasion https://t.co/TMPzX2KCTt

[Canada and Slovenia @CanadaSlovenia]

Just on time for the first #WorldBeeDay (initiated by 🇸🇮 on May 20), @CanadaPostCorp has issued new stamps featuring two 🇨🇦 🐝 species. Through #pollination of plants and crops, #bees play a key role in promoting #sustainability #SaveTheBees #BeeResponsible

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Want to get started in beekeeping in the UK? We have some advice - https://t.co/PfqwB2ElOV

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Bee hotels can be a great way to offer shelter to solitary bees! https://t.co/HRgo7kDspX

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@Lamborghini Thank you for getting involved @Lamborghini

[Botanic Gardens of Sydney @BotanicSydney]

Today marks @UN World Bee Day 🐝 #Bees are important pollinators and are vital for ensuring food security and much more. Learn more about bees at our free #Pollination display on until August at #TheCalyx #savethebees #worldbeeday https://t.co/AhK22pViTR

[Megan Shersby @MeganShersby]

It's #WorldBeeDay 🐝, and I'm in Slovenia learning about their native honeybees (and wearing my bee earrings of course!). Plus some cultural sightseeing - including the gorgeous Lake Bled 😍

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Not a beekeeper but want to help bees? We have some ideas for your garden https://t.co/aNXQeVUIqV

[Brigit Strawbridge @B_Strawbridge]

There are a staggering 25,000 different species of #bee in the world. 7 of these species are #honeybees; 250 #bumblebees, and the rest are #solitarybees. You can help them all by planting more pollen & nectar rich flowers, and by NOT using pesticides...

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Slovenia to release a commemorative €2 coin to celebrate World Bee Day

https://t.co/YhAL53UUwH

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If you aren't a beekeeper, you can still help bees:

https://t.co/aNXQeVUIqV

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Led by the Slovenian government, the announcement is the culmination of three years of work not just with the UN but all over the world promoting the importance of bees and other pollinators, both for the sustainable development of the insects, and their importance to humanity.

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On December 20, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution declaring 20 May as World Bee Day.

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The resolution was co-sponsored by 115 UN Member States, with the aim to raise public awareness and attention around the world to the importance of protecting and preserving bees and other pollinators.