The worldly concern ’s bees are indanger . pesticide , disease , and habitat and solid food source deprivation have caused bee population to dwindle away foryears . To contribute back thesevitalpollinators , one company is proposing an unusual resolution : paper .
The biodegradableBee Saving Paperis made with glucose and contains seeds from the bee - feeding flower lacy phacelia ( also known as violet tansy ) . launch by the Warsaw - free-base marketingagencySaatchi and Saatchi IS and City Bees , an organization that advocate for bees in urban community of interests , the paper is also wrap up in a biodegradable UV paint that , to bees , look like a meadow full of pollen sources .
The estimation is that bees will land on the theme , grab a glucose bite — standardized to what beekeepers feed their hives to aid them survive the winter — and vanish aside . The company describe the paper as being " like an Department of Energy swallow for bees " to help them fly farther on their journeys to regain solid food . As counterintuitive as it seems , the paper is design not to be used and recycled , but leave out in nature . The paper will finally fully biodegrade , leave behind seeds that will grow into the variety of flowers bee love .
The newspaper could be used in paper plates , bags , coffee bean loving cup sleeves , or other disposable products ( though the creators do n’t really say how that might work — would the bee number up and land on your chocolate cup ? ) . A Polish apiarist named Łukasz Kaczorowski is already using it for honey - jolt labels .
When it comes to helping bee populations increment , these sheet are a small - scurf treatment whose results rest to be seen . But bees can use all the helper they can get .
