加载中…善待蜜蜂等传播花粉的昆虫
(2012-06-25 12:53:02)
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“全国传粉昆虫周”鼓励大家要“善待蜜蜂”这类传粉昆虫。
蜜蜂会蜇人，昆虫让人生厌。但它们对我们的食物供应却十分重要。与蝙蝠、鸟雀、蝴蝶一样，蜜蜂为每年作为约200亿美元食品来源的植物传播花粉，功不可没。
然而由于疾病、农药和栖息地消失，蜜蜂和其他一些野生传粉昆虫的数量正在逐渐减少。
6月18日至24日的“全国传粉昆虫周”（National Pollinator Week）旨在使公众更加意识到这些虽然体积微小但在生命链中却作用重大的劳工。美国鱼类和野生动物管理局(US Fish and Wildlife Service)正在全美国举办一些公众活动，促进蜜蜂保护工作、鼓励人们减少使用农药，并种植传粉昆虫需要的各种本土植物。
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/chinese/inbrief/2012/06/201206217868.html#ixzz1ymHUh2w5
“Bee” Good to Pollinators
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National Pollinator Week encourages everyone to "bee" good to pollinators.
Bees can sting and bugs can be a nuisance, but they are important to our food supply. Along with bats, birds and butterflies, bees are crucial to pollinating the plants that produce some $20 billion worth of food each year.
Yet populations of honeybees and some other wild pollinators are declining as a result of disease, pesticides and loss of habitat.
National Pollinator Week, June 18–24, aims to increase public awareness of these tiny but critical workers in the chain of life. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hosting public events across the United States to promote honeybee conservation and to encourage people to decrease their use of pesticides and to grow the native plants that pollinators need.
Learn more at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website.
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2012/06/201206197671.html#ixzz1ymHrtC5p
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