Save The Bees

It is so important to SAVE THE BEES.

Bees are the main pollinators nearly everywhere in the world. Many plants are completely dependant on bees to reproduce. Without pollination, all the plants would die off and not reproduce. Without the plants, all the animals on the earth would die, too. Humans are considered animal life.

And now, some interesting trivia - - - - "Archaeologists recently unearthed in Israel an amazing 30 intact beehives dating to around 900 B.C., approximately the period that King Solomon reigned. The hives were stacked in neat rows, three tiers high, in a room that would have contained some 100 hives total and been able to produce as much as half a ton of honey per year. This is an extraordinary find, because it is the first time that actual beehives have ever been discovered anywhere in the ancient Near East, and it indicates that early beekeeping was much more highly developed than what had been previously thought. The Old Testament uses the term "honey" 55 times; 16 times as part of the image of Israel being "the land of milk and honey." But many scholars had concluded the word "honey" usually referred to a type of "honey" produced from fruits such as dates and figs, partly because bee's honey is specifically mentioned only twice. This discovery confirms that nearly 3,000 years age, real bee's honey was produced in much large quantities than previously thought possible."

The pictured yellow rose  at the top of this post is from my garden. It is a floribunda named "Sunsprite" and it is a terrific bloomer.

Bee (haha) careful when you smell the flowers!