If bees disappeared, our supermarkets would change face. Let's think of the classic fruit and vegetable department. Which vegetables and fruits could we no longer buy? Apples, carrots, lemons and watermelons should be eliminated from our shopping list and, consequently, from our diet.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousHe api disappeared, i supermarkets they would change their face. Let's think of the classic fruit and vegetable department. Which vegetables and fruits could we no longer buy? Apples, carrots, lemons and watermelons should be eliminated from our shopping list and, consequently, from our diet.
Without bees, some foods would become much more difficult to find for sale, according to Share The Buzz, an awareness campaign promoted by Whole Foods Market in the United States. Bees are still in danger. Greenpeace recalled this in recent days with the launch of the petition Let's Save The Bees.
Bees are having a hard time, according to the British Beekeepers Association, according to which more than a third of colonies died last winter in England. In the United States, the bee population has also fallen sharply. What are the causes of the bee die-off? In addition to the problem of the already known killer pesticides, or neonicotinoids, the researchers put forward the hypothesis of the practice of feeding bees with corn syrup among the possible reasons for the decline of bees.
What would supermarkets look like if bees no longer existed? Whole Foods has decided to put consumers in front of the bitter reality, through the creation of two images, in one of which all the products that require pollination by bees in order to be born and mature have been eliminated. Excluded products include: apples, onions, avocados, carrots, lemons, courgettes, aubergines, cucumbers, celery, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli.
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The experiment led to the removal from the shelves of the University Heights (Rhode Island) supermarket of 237 of 453 products, 52% of the normal supply of the grocery store. Bees are essential for agriculture and food production; in their absence, our diet should be completely revolutionized. L'ecosystem of the planet would lose one of its main links. This is not what we want. Starting with the ban on killer pesticides, the hope is that the protection of bees can become a vital issue around the world.
Marta Albè
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