Singapore’s 1st World Bee Day Event

Background 背景

For millions of years, mankind has benefited from bees. As one of the major pollinators of the natural world, bees help to provide the 90% of global nutrition. Not only that, bees help to keep a balanced ecosystem that ensures the continued survival of flora and fauna as well. 数百万年来，人类从蜜蜂中受益。作为自然界的传粉媒介之一，蜜蜂帮助提供全球90％的营养。不仅如此，蜜蜂还有助于保持平衡的生态系统，以确保动植物的持续存活。

For the last 10 years, bee populations have been steadily declining at an alarming rate. Millions of bees are killed due to the increasing use of pesticides as well as the non-discriminatory killing of bees.

过去10年来，蜜蜂种群以惊人的速度稳步下降。由于越来越多地使用杀虫剂以及非歧视性地杀死蜜蜂，数以百万计的蜜蜂被杀死。

To prevent this devastation of epidemic proportions, people all over the world are working tirelessly to increase awareness to prevent the demise of bees.

为了防止这种习惯性的破坏，全世界的人们正在不知疲倦地努力提高防止蜜蜂死亡的意识。

Singapore's Bees 新加坡的蜜蜂

Singapore is a small country with a very strong economic focus in banking, industrial services, and even IT. Agriculture, however, is not a main focus. As a result, less emphasis is placed on the conservation of natural pollinators such as bees.

新加坡是一个小国，在银行业，工业服务业以及互联网方面的经济关注度非常高。然而，农业并不是一个主要焦点。因此，对蜜蜂等自然传粉媒介的保护不够重视。

Figure 1. Some of our Apis Cerana bees foraging on the flowers in our garden.

图1.我们的一些Apis Cerana蜜蜂在我们花园里的花朵上觅食。

The general misconception of bees in Singapore is that they are dangerous pests that would sting you without provocation. Bees are lumped together in the category of wasps, ants, and other such pests. Thus, pesticides become the easy way out for the removal of bees. However, this cannot be further from the truth. Bees are generally harmless creatures that are only trying to forage for food for the colony. The only time a bee would sting somebody is if it feels threatened. Moreover, bees ultimately die if they sting humans, due to the fact that the stinger gets stuck inside human skin, so the bees really have no good incentive to go around stinging people.

在新加坡人们对蜜蜂的普遍误解是，它们是危险的害虫，会在没有挑衅的情况下刺痛你。蜜蜂被归入黄蜂，蚂蚁和其他害虫类。因此，杀虫药成为清除蜜蜂的简单方法。但是，这与真相差别甚远。蜜蜂通常是无害的生物，只是试图寻找蜜原食物。如果感觉受到威胁，蜜蜂才会蜇人。事实上蜜蜂刺伤人类以后最终会因为重伤而死亡，所以蜜蜂真的没有好的诱因来刺激人们。

Sadly, in Singapore alone, an estimated 1,000,000 bees are killed each year under government pest control services. This staggering number is only a conservative estimate, with actual numbers likely to be three times of that.

可悲的是，仅在新加坡，根据政府的虫害防治服务，每年估计有上百万只蜜蜂被杀害。这个惊人的数字只是一个保守的估计，实际数字可能是其三倍。

Aim 活动目的

In order to increase awareness on the importance of our local pollinators, we are organizing a special event to provide an opportunity for participants to learn about and experience being around the bees.

为了提高对新加坡本地传粉媒介重要性的认识，我们正在组织一次特别活动，为参与者提供一个了解和体验蜜蜂的机会。

We are aiming to hold this event in conjunction with the World Bee Day on the 20th of May.

我们的目标是在5月20日与世界蜜蜂节一起举办这个活动。

To make this event successful, we plan to upgrade our bee garden to facilitate the participation of visitors in a meaningful way.

为了让这次活动取得成功，我们计划升级我们的蜜蜂园，以便让参观者有更多的参与与学习的机会。

Figure 2. The current state of the beehives. Intended for upgrading before the event.

图2.蜂箱的当前状态。打算在活动前进行升级。

Some of the upgrades include一些升级包括:

1. Redeveloping the current eco-bee garden, including the upgrading of hives.重新开发当前的生态蜂园，包括蜂巢的升级
2. Increasing the security of our existing hives.增加我们现有生态蜂园的参观与安全性。
3. Curating a better experience for our guests. 为我们的客人提供更好的体验。

Figure 3. Construction of steel shelters for our beehives.图3.为我们的蜂箱建造钢棚。

The event will require tents, food and drinks for the participants, as well as other logistical needs that will arise on the day itself.

该活动将需要帐篷，屏幕，音响，椅子，参与者的食物和饮料以及当天出现的其他后勤需求。

So far, the main source of funds has been our own pockets. Thus, your donations would help us ensure the success of the above, as well as to further the goal of educating the public on the importance of bees, as well as to debunk any misconceptions that people have on bees.

到目前为止，资金的主要来源是我们自己的口袋。因此，您的捐款将帮助我们确保上述成功，并进一步教育公众了解蜜蜂重要性的目标，并揭示人们对蜜蜂的任何误解。

If you feel strongly about this cause and would like to help us, please support us on this campaign by clicking on the 'Donate' button. Thank you.

如果您对我们的活动感到有意义并希望能够帮助我们，请点击“捐赠”按钮为我们提供支持。谢谢。