City Bee

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Barbara Dieu

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Jan 3, 2012, 6:05:46 AM1/3/12

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In Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, millions of Honey bees are
working hard for the city. These busy employees provide not only
delicious honey to city people, but a blooming environment in the
parks and greens around the capital.

It is estimated that honey bees are the most valuable pollinators of
crops worldwide. But in recent years there has been a global trend of
honey bees declining in numbers. The way in which they live means that
they fly out and collect pollen from plants and pollinate them. In a
modern world this means also bringing back pesticides, which is
killing them or making them vulnerable to diseases. In the cities they
are not exposed to pesticides, so The Project City Bees give bee
populations a helping hand, help pollinate our world, and produce some
of the cleanest honey around.

Video: http://www.eea.europa.eu/atlas/eea/city-bees/video/video-in-hd
Article: http://www.eea.europa.eu/atlas/eea/city-bees/story/article