Oslo’s bee highway creates a buzz

IMG_1434Where are all the bees going? Global bee populations keep falling, and the latest figures from the European Environment Agency published last month show no signs of a reprieve. And we should really care, because 30 percent of the food we eat is dependent on the little black and yellow buzzers for pollination. Luckily urban bee keeping is getting more and more popular, helping to spread the message of the importance of bees. And now a group of Norwegian bee enthusiasts have created what they believe is a world first: a bee highway allowing bees to travel unhindered from the west to the east of the capital Oslo, in their hunt for food from flowers. Here’s my report for Living Planet on Deutsche Welle:

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