Andrea Powell
Hurricane Melissa demolished numerous houses and triggered huge flooding in Jamaica. The highly effective storm additionally destroyed or broken tens of 1000’s of bee colonies because it made its manner via the Caribbean.
Persons are nonetheless coming to phrases with the harm from Melissa, together with native beekeepers. The devastating lack of crops imply that the surviving bees are in peril of hunger.
Photograph:© Carlington Silburn
Our companion, Higher Good Charities, is on the bottom in Jamaica handing out important provides to displaced individuals and pets and dealing with beekeepers to offer pollen substitute for bees.
They shared, “These small however mighty creatures play an enormous position within the island’s restoration, serving to crops like citrus, mango, papaya, espresso and cocoa thrive. Globally, one in each three bites of meals will depend on these pollinators. When bees vanish, meals safety suffers.”
© Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture
Watch an interview with one beekeeper who stated, “it took about forty minutes for the attention to cross”.
It would take months to rebuild. Donate now to assist save bees within the Caribbean.
Higher Good Charities is working to offer emergency support for bees and beekeepers. In collaboration with a community of native companions, they’re sending bee sugar and pollen substitute to Jamaica, so beekeepers can maintain their remaining hives within the coming weeks/months and stop additional devastation to those ecosystems. However they will’t do it with out you.
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