Thursday, 6 September 2012

Bees, fruits and money

Bees, fruits and money: London, UK (SPX) Sep 06, 2012



Two thirds of the crops humans use for food production and the majority of wild plant species depend on pollination by insects such as bees and hover-flies. This ecosystem service, however, provided by nature to humans for free, is increasingly failing. As an example, after 3000 years of sustainable agriculture, farmers in the Chinese province Sichuan have to pollinate apple flowers themselves b