It is indeed alarming at the general policy of 'slash & burn' that most people seem to adopt these days in dealing with many of the issues that they face. And without a pause at that.
An excellent example would be my apartment complex set amongst verdant greenery. The high beams are a great site for large bee hives & most denizens share a pathological fear for these insects. Instinctively they reach for the nearest pesticide and destroy the hive. At what cost?
It is estimated that 35% of the world’s fruit and vegetable crop is dependent upon bees. Yes bees for pollination! Maybe it requires a visit to school biology but it’s true. What is worse is that, rampant use of pesticide is causing a steady decline of bee hives. The West of course leads in this area and folk in Europe & North America have woken up to the danger and now encourage bee keeping. Destroy bee hives & we may run out of food........food for thought indeed.
My understanding is that this foolishness stems from what is called Nature Deficiency Disorder (NDD) . Scientists are clear it exists, but are not very clear of its ramifications. Apparently children with poor attention spans improve after spending time with nature & kids who have had little or no exposure to nature have serious behavioural issues.Some turn psychotic. People in India realized this many centuries ago & rarely destroyed bee hives, but not today.
We do not need meteor strikes or floods to do us in. Destroying bee hives will work just as well.
If this sounds like a Doomsday prophecy, well then it is. We do need better means to manage our bees.
2 comments:
well written sir.........
its alsotime sir that realisationdawns on us that man is a part of and not apart from nature. and yes sir, even david attenborough made a similar observation on easter island, tical, tinochtitlan and similar cities that were destroyed by our disregard for nature. he says if we and the rest of the backboned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would move on, but if they were to disappear, the lands ecosystems would collapse.
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