- Title: Polish town welcomes beehives
- Date: 2nd August 2017
- Summary: ZYWIEC, POLAND (JULY 31, 2017) (REUTERS) ZYWIEC SKYLINE VARIOUS OF ZYWIEC STREETS /PEDESTRIANS BEE GARDEN APIARY WITH SIGN READING (Polish): "ATTENTION BEES" BEES ZYWIEC RESIDENT, MARTA FURTAK, WITH HER SONS BEEHIVES (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) MARTA FURTAK'S SON, ALEKSANDER, SAYING: "Bees collect nectar and bring it to the hive. And they mix, mix, until honey comes out. And the queen of bees has the task of looking after the children and is the ruler and she is the biggest one." INFORMATION BOARD BEE ANATOMY CHART (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) ZYWIEC RESIDENT, MARTA FURTAK, SAYING: "Children were asking what is there, what these little houses are, these are pretty interesting things for kids. It is also nice for children to know that a bee is not only an animal that does something for nature, but it is also our friend." VARIOUS OF BEEKEEPER TENDING TO APIARY (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) BEEKEEPER, JAKUB TOMASIK, SAYING: "Young generations don't identify with nature, with anything outdoors. They identify only with electronics, with phones with tablets and with everything related to media. Nature is like an alien to them, just like this park." PARK PEOPLE IN PARK FLOWERS (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) BEEKEEPER, JAKUB TOMASIK, SAYING: "Without bees we humans would not be able to cope. Someone said that if bees were to die out, humans would survive only five years. Later the world would die." ZYWIEC MAYOR, ANTONI SZLAGOR, TALKING WITH PEOPLE CHILD IN BUGGY (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) ZYWIEC MAYOR, ANTONI SZLAGOR, SAYING: "This (project) should be in many cities, especially in those with beautiful parks. We have 23 acres of beautiful park. We have an entire linden alley, we have a lot of flowers here and we need bees here." PEOPLE WALKING IN GARDEN VARIOUS OF GARDEN
- Embargoed: 16th August 2017 14:17
- Keywords: Urban beehives Poland bees Zywiec Urban farm
- Location: ZYWIEC, POLAND
- City: ZYWIEC, POLAND
- Country: Poland
- Topics: Environment,Nature/Wildlife
- Reuters ID: LVA0016SGRA61
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: There's a lot of buzz in the Polish town of Zywiec, where local authorities have set up beehives in public spaces.
A popular park in the city centre was chosen as one of the locations for the project, giving residents a glimpse into the life of the insects.
Olek is only five but has already learnt a bit of biology.
"Bees collect nectar and bring it to the hive. And they mix, mix, until honey comes out. And the queen of bees has the task of looking after the children and is the ruler and she is the biggest one," he said after visiting an apiary in the park.
Olek's mother and other city residents also welcomed the idea of beehives in the city.
Beekeeper Jakub Tomasik said children had shown a lot of interest in the project.
Zywiec Mayor Antoni Szlagor said the project was an effort to save the shrinking bee population and other municipalities should follow suit.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation says bees are being driven to extinction by a number of factors, many of them human-related.
This threatens millions of livelihoods and hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of food supplies, the organisation said after completing its first global assessment of pollinators. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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