Emergency Pollination #70

When I walked home from work I found a total of 43 dead bumblebees.

Under 1 and the same tree even 12. Biologists worldwide are examining the question of where these massive deaths come from. Not without reason. As early as 2010, the UN sounded the alarm about the worldwide decline in bees and bumblebees, in some places even by 85%!¹Over the past 20 years, 71% ²of the butterfly species in the Netherlands and England have declined sharply. Very worrisome, as all our food is pollinated by these amazing insects. These critters fight to preserve their own survival as well as that of all other land animals.

Leon tries to 're-animate' pollinators, so far he has focused on flight. Using techniques known to him. He investigates the technological delusion in which we find ourselves and I try to open the eyes of the beholder and facilitate a renewed form of consciousness for the circle of life in which we live.

In the Netherlands and Belgium allone there are about 30 types of bumblebees. 

The word "bumblebee" is a compound of "bumble" and "bee"—'bumble' meaning to hum, buzz, drone, or move ineptly or flounderingly. The generic name Bombus, assigned by Pierre André Latreille in 1802, is derived from the Latin word for a buzzing or humming sound, borrowed from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos).

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