Bees: agribusiness needs pollinators

Do you like bees? They are vital to life on Earth. And don't think about it just because of the sweet, wonderful honey. Bees are the main pollinators of plants.

Researchers say that bees engage in sexual intercourse and procreation in the plant world. They pollinate plants. Therefore, they are sacred to our flora and to the food and everything we eat.

Bee is synonymous with life. And what is happening to them in the world? Decreasing. The reason? Habitat loss.

With the growth of cities and condominiums, urbanization, the effects of climate change, and also in agriculture when conservation practices are not used correctly, we reduce bee habitat.

Well then. And now? The doctoral researcher at Embrapa Soja in Londrina, Decio Luiz Gazzoni, also a member of the Sustainable Agro Scientific Council (CCAS), has dedicated himself for around five years to a spectacular study for Brazil and the world.

And this study is coming to an end. I talked to him, and Dr. Decio discovered more than a thousand different plants that are attractive to bees. He cataloged it and is preparing a book.

And for what main objective? Brazil has the Forest Code and the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR). In all rural properties in the country there will be a need to maintain or rebuild a percentage of the area with native forest. 

So, from this observation that bees are disappearing, we need and live from bees as essential pollinators of the plant kingdom; and we have a law that requires us to maintain native areas, why not plant exactly the highly attractive plants that bees fall in love with to create a natural habitat that recreates and preserves this prodigious being? 

In addition to carrying out sacred pollination, a multiplication of 'loaves' within the vegetation, it also means a production chain with an estimated value in the world of more than 600 billion dollars, and here in Brazil a hidden segment. 

What a beautiful work this is. Researcher Decio Gazzoni is also on the Scientific Council of the NGO Brazilian Bee Studies Association A.B.E.L.H.A.

It's time to populate the preservation areas of Brazilian rural properties with around a thousand plants that are attractive to bees; and with this, protect pollination, fundamental for the integrated sustainability of Brazilian production.

Gisele Bündchen, our global ambassador for the environment, here is a beautiful idea to support and 100% national.