Do they have a future??

It was earlier this year, that news agencies first began reporting about a worrisome phenomenon about beekeepers going to their hives and discovering that their bees had vanished. So, where has the bees gone??

Honeybee is the insect that is the most important for the human food chain. The reason being, that this species is the main pollinator of hundreds of types of food crops, nuts, flowers, vegetables and fruits. Hence, it was no surprise that many, including scientists, found the news reports of disappearing bees alarming. In fact, some of the articles even suggested that it could even result in widespread starvation. Some of them also quoted Albert Einstein, who is supposed to have said that if the world’s bees were to perish, humanity would too within four years, due to the absence of pollinators.

And same is the condition in Sikkim too. Cell phone has become a necessity of our life. We cant live without them and they cant exist without the towers. Towers are being implemented everywhere in Sikkim and it is a must for development. But aren't we compromising with the natural beauty in the name of development?? Sikkim, known to have good number of species of butterflies and bees, but do they have a future??