Human Natural intelligence now has now found additional digital muscle, called AI-Artificial Intelligence! World is full of AI-buzz. AI-conferences and debates are floodingthe premises of governments, business and the academics. Even the UN Secretary-General has established a High-Level Advisory Body of 39 members on AI.The benefits of AI as well as its threats are still being understood. The challenges and opportunities are still being filtered out. The sceptics say that AI is double edged sword while progressive brains say that humanity is on the way to create another universe with the help of AI.
I got up in the morning on 20th May 2025, the World Bee Day, and it occurred to me that we also need BI along with AI! Humanity never understood Bee Intelligence-BI even after millions of years of their co-existence on the earth. I would like to submit to UNSG's High Level advisory body that AI should be skilled to adopt BI!
We with our Natural Intelligence know only five things that Bees are capable of : pollination, collecting honey, making buzz, and stinging. World's 20,000+ species of bee however do much more, that I doubt if AI can even perceive.
They teach us values of collective work without fighting for the credit. Bee's individual behaviour and their societal behaviour are not studied by humanity which is contrarily engaged in crossing the planetary boundaries for exploring the universe!
And what more, I read the article in WWF ( World Wildlife Fund ) that bees are unsung climate heroes, especially when it comes to their role in preserving the health of threatened ecosystems. WWF further says that 'while bees are often celebrated for their vital contributions to producing the food we eat, it is easy to forget that they are also instrumental in seed production for the thousands of species of flowering plants growing within forests, prairies, wetlands, and more'. All of these are carbon-sinks. In today's parlour bees help in CCS ( Carbon Capture and Storage)
Bees also help in making soil healthy. "More than 90% of the world's bee species are solitary (like hardworking single mothers! ), and many of these nest within the soil, " says WWF.Solitary bee species nest many feet into the soil, and along with the plat-roots they help providing aeration and opportunities for water sequestration. More importantly they help the soil-habitats i.e. micro-organisms and insects much needed in soil to produce nutrients. The bees thus play a significant role in ensuring these soils remain healthy.
Can we now felicitate live beehives as 'Climate Champions' in COP30 in Brazil? End