We can learn a lot from looking at how nature has problem-solved over the millennia. Not just honey bees – there are 20,000 species of bees on earth, most of which do not produce honey or live in hives. And because of the diversity of bees, different flowers have evolved different colours, shapes and sizes, and in some cases, different bee species can compensate for each other from year to year and from place to place. But what about putting all that effort, ingenuity and resources into understanding and saving what nature has road-tested for us? We can learn a lot from nature – let’s work with it rather than trying to replace it.

Source: The Irish Times April 19, 2018 10:07 UTC