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2023 World Bee Day – For bees and pollinator-friendly agricultural production

On 20 May, we celebrate, for the sixth year, the World Bee Day, which was declared by the UN General Assembly on 20 December 2017, at the initiative of Slovenia. By marking the World Bee Day, we draw attention to bees’ paramount importance for our survival on this planet.
Carniola bee

Carniola bee | Author Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food

The main purpose of World Bee Day is to raise global awareness about the importance of bees and other pollinators for humanity in light of food security and global hunger eradication, as well as concern for the environment and biodiversity.

For Slovenia, the annual celebration of World Bee Day is an important priority both at home and abroad, where it strives to promote the importance of bees and wild pollinators and calls for awareness and strengthening of activities for their conservation.

Bees need clean air, clean water and a clean environment in a broader sense. If we preserve the environment and enable the bees to survive, people will also live in a nicer and healthier environment. But most importantly, we must all become aware, once again, that the role of every individual is crucial for the preservation of bees and other pollinators.

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