https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/2662daf6-8ec9-481b-ad4d-7c81bdf9df49 Bee numbers are declining at an alarming rate and in some places disappearing altogether, which has serious consequences for humans. Today, one third of the food we eat depends on insects to pollinate crops, fruit and vegetables. Busy bees Neil and Sam discuss what's being done to find a solution to the problem, and teach you vocabulary along the way. To download the audio and a transcript, go to our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-200910 More 6 Minute English episodes: Should we wear face masks? https://youtu.be/7ZJxdmEKn0Q COVID-19: The office after lockdown https://youtu.be/glK2V-7DJD8. Sport against poverty https://youtu.be/atPNphv-NEI Food made in space https://youtu.be/_q8geBY3vPA The medicine of coronavirus https://youtu.be/gu_GfdJpdsA Is this the era of distrust? https://youtu.be/AhoslePC6yI Vocabulary pollination process in which pollen is taken from one plant or part of a plant to another so that new plant seeds can be produced fertilisation plant reproduction in which pollen from one plant travels to the ovary of another and fertilises a female ovule to make new seeds and fruit staple crops food, like rice or wheat, which is eaten in large amounts as part of a community’s daily diet and provides a large fraction of their energy and nutrient needs orchard area of land on which fruit trees are grown hive structure where bees live, either built by people or made by the bees themselves food security everyone having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food that meets their dietary needs [Cover: Getty Images] #bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #bees #pollination #crops #food #insects #extinction Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:53:29 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/2662daf6-8ec9-481b-ad4d-7c81bdf9df49 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.