Morgan Freeman turns 124-acre Mississippi ranch into bee sanctuary

Morgan Freeman has turned his 120-hectare ranch located in the Mississippi into a sanctuary for bees, in an effort to combat the dwindling insect population.

According to Forbes on Wednesday, the 81-year-old actor has imported 26 hives into his Arkansas ranch and has grown magnolias and bee-friendly lavender to encourage them to visit his home.

The star of Shawshank Redemption began her beekeeping career in 2014 and worked to feed the bees with sugar and water to help them.

Help: Morgan Freeman has turned his Mississippi ranch, with an area of ​​124 hectares, into a shrine for honey bees to save insects, reported Wednesday

Freeman has already spoken about the incursion during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, where he discussed the need to save bees in order to maintain a healthy environment.

He also explained that he never wore a suit or hat to bee to protect himself, but he added that he was not stung.

He also explained that he was only feeding the bees and that he did not want to disrupt the hives or harvest the honey that they were making.

Doing His Part: The 81-year-old actor imported 26 hives to his Arkansas ranch and grew bee-friendly magnolias and lavenders to encourage them to visit

In the show, he said: "There is a concerted effort to bring bees back to the planet".

"We do not realize that they are basically, I think, the planet's growth, vegetation … I have so many things to bloom and I also have a gardener . "

Morgan added, "Because she's also busy with bees, all she's doing is finding" OK, what would they like to have? " ? "I have 140 magnolias, big flowers.

& # 39; They do not have [stung me] Yet, because at the moment I do not try to harvest honey or anything, I just give them to eat … I think they understand, "Hey, do not bother this guy, he has some sweet water here. "

Fight: The natural habitats of bees are threatened by the use of pesticides and by modifications made by humans to the range of plant species present in the environment

The natural habitats of bees are threatened by the use of pesticides and by modifications made by humans to the range of plant species present in the environment.

More than ten years ago, American beekeepers discovered that their hives were being decimated by what is now called colony collapse syndrome.

Millions of bees have mysteriously disappeared, leaving farms with fewer pollinators for crops.

Explanations of this phenomenon include exposure to pesticides or antibiotics, loss of habitat and bacterial infections.

WHAT IS THE INFANT CRISIS?

Domestic and wild bees are responsible for about 80% of pollination worldwide, according to Greenpeace.

But colonies of bees that are collapsing around the world are threatening their vital work.

Bees die from a combination of pesticides, habitat destruction, drought, nutritional deficiency, global warming and air pollution, among other factors.

The global bee crisis can potentially be resolved if dangerous pesticides are eliminated, if wild habitats are preserved and if ecological farming is restored, according to Greenpeace (archive photo)

Greenpeace reported, "In the end, we know that humans are largely responsible for the two most important causes: pesticides and habitat loss."

This is important for a number of reasons, including the amount of work bees spend on our food production.

Vegetables, nuts and fruits are pollinated by bees. Of the major crops grown for human consumption, 70 out of 100 are pollinated by creatures, which account for up to 90% of global nutrition.

Greenpeace suggested the following solutions to the problem:

• Preserving Wild Habitats to Protect the Health of Pollinators
• The restoration of ecological agriculture
• The elimination of the most dangerous pesticides in the world