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Thus, biological diversity gets preserved and ecosystems are conserved. We human beings too are benefitted from bee pollination since we get best quality fruits and crops in large quantities. In addition to this, we get so many useful products from honeybees. The primary product from bees is ‘Honey’. Honeybees make honey from the nectar of flowers which they visit. Pure natural honey is tastier and rich in nutrition. It boosts our immunity power and keeps us healthy. Therefore, it is recommended in olden times in Indian Ayurveda texts to consume pure raw honey daily. Apart from honey, we also get other useful products from honeybees which are Bees wax, Bee pollen, Propolis, Royal jelly and Bee Venom. These days we see massive decrease in bee population due to various reasons such as cutting of flowering trees on large scale in cities, diminishing forest belts, destroying bee hives (bee nests) out of ignorance and fear by using fire or pest control, destroying bee hives while extracting honey by using unscientific methods, building tall mobile phone towers that emit powerful electromagnetic waves, using hazardous chemical insecticides, pesticides, weedicides in farms, drastic climate changes, etc.

As a solution to this problem, it is required to spread awareness among people about the Important Role of Honeybees in Nature. Since bees are essential to protect biodiversity in nature, we need to save and conserve bee population. For this, we need to protect bee habitats by protecting jungles and planting more bee-friendly flora in city areas.

Beekeeping is an important socio-economic vocation which helps in promoting eco-friendly agriculture. Furthermore, it is not an exaggeration to say that saving honeybees means saving the lives of farmers in India. Adopting Scientific Beekeeping practices in farming can be effective remedy on the problems like farmers’ suicides since Beekeeping provides additional income to farmers and bees kept in the boxes prove helpful in increasing the farm produce. To save bees in city areas, it is required to stop the unnecessary use of pest control on beehives. As said earlier, people destroy hives out of ignorance and fear by using pest control or fire. Therefore, it is required to spread awareness about importance of honeybees on large scale among people residing in city areas. Instead of destroying the beehive, it can be transferred to a safer place. Three types of bees of Apis genus are found in India, namely Apis dorsata (Rock bee), Apis cerana indica (Indian Native bee) and Apis florea (Dwarf bee). Apis mellifera (European bee) is the Italian bee which has been imported to India.

Rock bees and Dwarf honeybees are wild bees and hence these bees cannot be domesticated. One more honeybee is found in India which does not belong to Apis genus but belongs to ‘Trigona’ genus and ‘Meliponini’ tribe. This bee is called Trigona Iridepennis (Stingless bee) and is the smallest in size. People are afraid of bee sting and hence they take the decision to destroy the beehive. It is required to draw attention of such people to the fact that bees attack only to save their colonies.

Bees are Social Insects and they live in colonies. It is the duty of guard bees to protect their Her Highness-the Queen, the eggs, and the young bees. Therefore, if they see any intervention in their area, then as a defense mechanism they attack to protect their colony. The attacking bees know that they are going to die once they sting. But still they prefer the martyrdom to save their colony. If we plant more flowering trees and protect bee habitats, there is no reason for bees to attack us. In city area, even if a bee enters our house mistakenly, then there are some simple techniques to be followed like switching off lights and opening the windows which will prevent that bee from attacking us. And it is to be kept in mind that not all honeybee types attack as some honeybees like Apis florea are not violent. These are the bees which are commonly found in gardens and parks where abundant flowers are available

It is a basic principle of ecology that everything is connected to everything else in nature. And even if one species disappears, it affects the existence of other dependent species. Therefore, survival of species including bees is utmost important. So, let us all come together to save our earth and make it a better place to live by protecting and conserving the honeybees.