How can we help wild bees?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Did you know that many species of wild bees are endangered in the UK? What can we do to help?

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0:00.0	Beth, did you know some learners haven't ever listened to six-minute English?
0:05.0	That's wild. Don't they know it's the best way to improve your English and learn more about
0:11.2	our world at the same time?
0:13.0	I don't know. Maybe they don't realise we tell the best stories from BBC programmes in simple
0:19.2	English and teach interesting vocabulary, all in six minutes.
0:24.4	Well, of course, all in six minutes.
0:27.4	I think that part is probably clear.
0:30.0	Search for six-minute English in your podcast app
0:32.7	or visit BBClearningEnglish.com
0:35.3	to join our huge community of English learners.
0:39.3	Six Minute English from BBC LearningEnglish.com.
0:46.1	Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil.
0:51.0	And I'm Beth. Do you like honey, Phil?
0:54.7	I use it a lot in cooking, so yes.
0:57.1	Well, the relationship between humans, honey and the bees which make it, goes back thousands of years.
1:04.6	Prized for its taste and medicinal properties, in ancient times honey was known as liquid gold. But now, thanks to modern farming
1:13.5	methods, population of many insects, including bees, are in decline. Sershya, a worried listener
1:20.9	from London, called BBC World Service programme Crowd Science about the problem.
1:26.8	I'm Sershia from the UK UK and my question is, can honey help
1:31.0	save bees? I've been vegan for about nine years and I don't eat honey myself but I still have a
1:38.2	question mark around it because I know that our bee populations are declining. Sersia is a vegan, someone who doesn't eat anything which comes from animals,
1:49.3	not just meat, but things like milk, eggs and honey too.
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