I happened to be sitting in my garden yesterday afternoon sipping my Arran Sunset real ale when I noticed there were no bees. The garden is full of flowers at this time of year. The afternoon was warm and sunny with a light breeze. Normally there would be many bees working on the flowers. There were none! Other than a couple of bumble bees and other insects there was nothing, not one bee.

This morning was a beautiful sunny morning so I looked round the garden carefully. Again not one bee could I see!

My father mentioned it last week that there were very few bees in his Garden. I have to say I did not think much of it at the time.  Now that I have noticed the lack of bees in my garden it has got me thinking. He lives a good four hundred miles from me so it is not a local phenomenon.

So what has happened to the bees? Where have they gone? They are so small and in the background that they are not noticed as they busily go about their work pollinating the flowers.  Because they are not noticed they are not missed.

The news is so full of global warming, nuclear proliferation, rogue states and corrupt politicians that perhaps the most important thing is going unmentioned.  Where would we be without the humble little Honey Bee? On the edge of a global Extinction Level Event that’s where!

Most plants, which include the majority of the world’s food, rely on bees for pollination. No pollination, no plants, no food!

It is ironic when we are worrying about the big picture and the big events that perhaps the most dangerous threat to our world is happening unnoticed right under our noses, the decline of the bee.

Has anyone else noticed the lack of bees?  If they are declining is there something being done to prevent this potential global disaster? Personally I doubt it.

What do you think?