Why 500 million bees have died in Brazil in three months

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height="549"> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> </figure><p class="story-body__introduction">More than 500 million bees have died in Brazil in the last three months.</p><p>In the state of Rio Grande do Sul, 400 million dead bees were found - with beekeepers in four states reporting the mass deaths.</p><p>Researchers have blamed the use of pesticides - chemical substances which are used to kill pests.</p><p>Bees have a really important role in the food chain - with around one-third of the food we eat relying on pollination mainly by bees.</p><p>These include fruits and vegetables such as avocados, broccoli and cherries.</p><div id="bbccom_mpu_1_2_3" class="bbccom_slot mpu-ad" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="bbccom_advert"> <script type="text/javascript"> /**/ (function() { if (window.bbcdotcom && bbcdotcom.adverts && bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync) { bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync('mpu', [1,2,3]); } })(); /**/ 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total ban on neonicotinoids last April because of the serious harm it could cause to bees.</p><p>But in the same year Brazil lifted restrictions on pesticides - despite opposition from environmentalists who called it the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/26/toxic-garbage-will-be-sold-here-outcry-as-brazil-moves-to-loosen-pesticide-laws" class="story-body__link-external">"poison package"</a>.</p><p>The use of pesticides in Brazil <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327/https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2019/06/12/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-pesticides/" class="story-body__link-external">has increased</a>, according to Greenpeace, with 193 products containing chemicals banned in the EU being registered in Brazil in the last three years. </p><p>The country uses pesticides because its economy is so reliant on agriculture.</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/B01F/production/_108378054_bolsnaro.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been criticised for environmental policies like lifting restricitons on pesticides </span> </figcaption> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">What's the story globally?</h2><p>Things aren't looking good for bees around the world. </p><p>In the United States, beekeepers lost four in 10 of their honeybee colonies in the past year, making it the worst winter on record.</p><p>In Russia 20 regions <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49047402" class="story-body__link">reported mass bee deaths</a>, with officials also warning it could mean 20% less honey being produced. </p><p>At least one million bees <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46345127" class="story-body__link">died in South Africa</a> in November 2018, with fipronil being blamed.</p><p>And countries such as Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Turkey have all also reported mass die-offs of bees in the last 18 months.</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Bee on a plant" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/14C5F/production/_108378058_beeplant.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> Bees are important in the process of pollinating plants </span> </figcaption> </figure><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">How can bees be helped?</h2><p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327/https://www.wwf.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-05/EofE%20bee%20report%202019%20FINAL_17MAY2019.pdf" class="story-body__link-external">World Wildlife Foundation says</a> unused land that was previously used for development should be managed to better safeguard bee populations.</p><p>It adds that with greater urbanisation happening, more urban green spaces should be developed to protect bees. </p><p>Some researchers say <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47698294" class="story-body__link">wildlife-friendly farming and gardening</a> - such as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48892848" class="story-body__link">creating patches of wild plants and weeds</a> to encourage pollinating insects - can have a positive impact. </p><p>Your garden can help too as growing plants encourages bees to pollinate - and leaving the grass to grow longer also gives bees more shelter.</p><p>For tired bees, wildlife charity Buglife says people should put them onto flowers, where they may be able to find nectar which contains nutrients they need - but <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023327/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-48093351" class="story-body__link">sugar water can be more controversial</a>. </p><p>You can also create a bee bath - which is filling a small dish with water and stones - that will let bees land on the stone to drink water. </p><p>And many environmental groups such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth say banning harmful pesticides is vital to stopping bees from 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