BUZZ on bees..

BEES are critical to producing food in backyards, the bush and in agricultural communities around the country.

We need to attract them by growing plants which attract them and offer them food so they can do their job and pollinate. It's estimated over 90 per cent of plants we eat need assistance from bees.

Here's a few interesting bee items I came across today.

AN ABC report said beekeepers in Gippsland are having one of their worst seasons in 30 years.

Some bee colonies haven't produced a honey flow this season, which is at least three months behind schedule.

Commonly used pesticides pose a serious threat to bees, restricting their ability to pollinate crops.

That's according to a European study published yesterday in the journal Nature.

Studies find pesticides damage brains of bees.

Native bees..