PostNL is putting the Dutch wild bee in the public eye with a new serial of stamps . For the two international stamp , the Nederlandse Vereniging van Postzegelhandelaren ( NVPH ) designed a first - day envelope . The stamp and first - day envelope will be put out on May 10 , 2021 .
The Dutch bee universe is dangerously thinning , municipalities are intervening , says the stamp association in printing press release . Of the 358 bee species living in the Netherlands , half are endangered . Causes are a lack of nesting opportunities and food . This despite the fact the idle bee is crucial for the production of our solid food .
National bee countOn 17 and 18 April , the fourth national bee enumeration was unionize . More than 9,000 people counted 168,000 bee , almost 40,000 more than last year , when counted by 10,000 pairs of eyes . Despite the rising number , the threat to many bee mintage is worry .
humanity are pendant on the bee for our food supplying , and many flowers , plants and animals are every bit qualified on the bee . The honey bee is the most commonly observed , the earth bumble bee is in third place . The red mason bee is steadily in second topographic point .
Bee - racy metropolis gardensIn the metropolis , more and more attention is being paid to the bee . Many municipality and garden owners now pay more attention to a raw environs for the bee and more hobby beekeepers have amount to townspeople . More verdure and honey - rich flower , few tile and more bee hotel also bestow to an attractive unripe environment . Municipalities have improved their pout policies , and lawns are being raked over for wildflower beds .
Independent queenBees and bumblebees collect pollen and turn it into love . bumblebee have no honey supply and no honeycomb . They hive away a little nectar for themselves . Honey bee build up honeycombs as a cloud and the ' proletarian ' take care of the queen . The bumblebee queen does all this without assistance . Bumblebees and honeybees are very recognizable , lonely bees have a very diverse appearing and dissimilar ways of life . They cuddle in the footing , in the sand or in hollow stem . The wild bee is a devotee of the bee hotel .
The first - day envelopeIn the yesteryear , envelope without stamp were betray separately in stamp shops . Collectors franked them and beam them ( in an envelope ) to the PTT , to be stamp on the day of result . After 1960 more and more aggregator started to pull together the envelopes ' blanco ' ( without an address ) . Older first - day envelopes without an address are scarce and an interesting investing . The NVPH annually plan per year around twenty first day envelopes gibe the revenue stamp series . First - day envelopes with buildings and creature are a pop gatherer ’s point .
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