World Honey Bee Day 2024

Celebrating bees and beekeepers across the globe

Honey Bees are nature’s buzz, responsible for pollinating a third of our food supply and creating delicious honey

World Honey Bee Day, celebrated every year on third Saturday in August month, is an awareness day whereby honey bee enthusiasts, beekeeping associations and clubs, and beekeepers celebrate the Honey Bee. It is a day to recognize the contribution that these little creatures make to our everyday lives, as well as learning about the different steps that we can take in order to protect this vital species.

On World Honey Bee Day, we also pay homage to beekeepers. After all, it is their efforts that make sure that there are healthy and well-managed bees to pollinate crops.

The Honey

Of course, honey bees provide us with honey, and this is one of the many reasons why we should be thankful for them! Honey is a golden, thick liquid, which is produced by bees using the nectar of plants that are flowering. The kind of flowers that bees visit will impact the texture, smell, and taste of the honey, resulting in different types of honey, including orange blossom, clover, acacia, and manuka honey.

There are a lot of nutritional benefits that are associated with adding a bit of honey to your diet. High-quality honey offers several benefits because of the antioxidants that are included. These include phenolic compounds, such as flavonoids, as well as organic acids. The antioxidants that are found in honey have been linked to lowering the risk of strokes, heart attacks, and some forms of cancer. They are also believed to assist in terms of eye health.

There have also been studies that have shown that honey can help to improve your cholesterol levels. If you have high LDL cholesterol levels, then you are going to be at a greater risk of having heart disease. This sort of cholesterol plays a massive role in atherosclerosis, which is the fatty buildup in your arteries that can cause strokes and heart attacks as well. There are more and more studies that are showing that honey can help to enhance your cholesterol levels. This is because it significantly raises the good HDL cholesterol while lowering the total of bad LDL cholesterol.

Honey cannot only benefit  in terms of consuming it, but it has been used for many years as a topical treatment for healing burns and wounds. In fact, this can be dated back to Ancient Egypt. Researchers have concluded that the healing powers of honey come from the anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects it has, as well as its ability to nourish the tissue that surrounds the wounded area.

Bees are disappearing

With a global decline in bee populations worldwide, one must consider anthropogenic activities contributing to this issue. Bees are facing numerous threats, including the use of toxic pesticides, habitat loss due to urban development, and invasive farming methods.

World Honey Bee Day serves as a stark reminder to raise awareness about these risks and the steps we can take to reverse the downward trend. Research and education are crucial in understanding the challenges faced by bees. Collective action is needed to help their numbers increase.