What would happen to our world if bees were to become extinct? Letterbox florist Bloom & Wild has investigated exactly this with a new campaign — and the outcome depicts some very eerie images.

Without bees pollinating, our trees and plants would seriously struggle to grow. New research published by Nature Communications has revealed that 33 per cent of wild pollinator species have decreased in recent years, with populations of American Bumble Bees dropping by 89 per cent from 2007 to 2016.

In response to this new research, Bloom & Wild has looked into what would happen to the environment — and to some of the most colourful places in the world — if bees were to die out completely. From Hyde Park in London to Hitachi Park in Japan, this is how our planet would look without the help of bees.

'It's surprising to think how much bees have a positive impact on our health and wellbeing, from the crops that everyone needs for nutrition to the beautiful flower arrangements that we create at Bloom & Wild to bring joy to our customers. Bees are a vital part of our ecosystem that needs to be protected,' Caroline, lead florist at Bloom & Wild explains.



Without the help of bees, trees and flowers wouldn't be able to grow, and even wildlife could become extinct without nutritious plants in the food chain. Farmer's fields would also be under great threat without bees pollinating their crops.

Take a look for yourself at just what could happen in a bee-less world...



Hyde Park, London: before

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Hyde Park, London: after

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Cornfield: before

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Cornfield: after

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Hitachi park, Japan: before

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Hitachi park, Japan: after

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Kew Gardens, UK: before

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Kew Gardens, UK: after

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'Without any bees at all the main thing that would suffer is the recruitment rate of insect-pollinated plants (ie the number of new plants of each species that started growing each year),' says Dr Richard Comont at The Bumble Bee Conversation. 'Obviously this would be particularly serious for annuals which are entirely insect-pollinated as recruitment would drop right off (though not completely as many have long-lived seeds).

'There would definitely be noticeable effects from the reduced amount of fruit, both on humans (higher prices, less availability) and fruit-eating animals (no food). Again though, the decline would be a question of degree, not a cliff edge.'

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