There are three insects on the scabiose at the same time: the tiny narrow bee, a honey bee and a hoverfly are already approaching. (Janine Fritsch, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Mathias Gtti Limacher who heads Bienen Schweiz, the association of beekeepers in the parts of the Central European country where German and Raeto-Romanic are the dominating languages. Mathias said that especially solitary bees were at risk due to their status of depending on certain flowers. (bienen.ch, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Zohra, 13, (left) and Louisa Boucheloukh, 9, (right) in undated footage. The two sisters have raised hundreds of Euros to create a flower seed vending machine in a bid to ensure the existence of wild bee species. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows a Beewise beehive, undated. The head of a startup which created a solar-powered hive-monitoring system has said there is a sense of urgency" in ensuring the existence of bees. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows a wild bee hotel to the side of the former main entrance to the district building on Nassauerallee in Kleve, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, undated. The district of Kleve is setting up a total of 13 insect hotels at different locations to promote biodiversity. (Kreis Kleve, NewsX/Bee)