Save The Queen

Sdg#15 Life on Land

The national project Save the queen, promoted by Legambiente, aims to save the queen bees and give a home to thousands of bees at risk of extinction.

Bees are precious friends of the environments in which we live and play a fundamental role in safeguarding the biodiversity of our ecosystems. Not only do they produce honey: with their pollination work they contribute to the cultivation of thousands of types of vegetables and fruits. In Europe, about one third of food depends on pollinating insects such as bees.

Climate crisis, pollution, monocultures and pesticides are increasingly threatening bees. In the last 10 years about 10 million hives have disappeared in the world, of which 200,000 in Italy alone.

Legambiente supports beekeeping practiced in a responsible manner, contributing to the repopulation of bees and the preservation of biodiversity. With the Save the Queen project, beehives are purchased to be donated to beekeepers selected according to strict ethical criteria, with organic certification or following organic standards, i.e. inspired by the principles of sustainability and respect for the environment. The beekeepers are distributed in various regions of Italy: in this way, the production and consumption of zero km honey is promoted.

Save the queen can now count on the solidarity support of travelers and the network of sustainable hosts of Fairbnb.coop: all those who travel in Italy will contribute to the cause. In destinations where the Local Nodes of Fairbnb.coop are not yet active, half of the platform's commission will be donated to the Save the Queen project.

Legambiente is a non-profit association, made up of citizens who care about the protection of the environment in all its forms, the quality of life, a more equitable, fair and supportive society. A large non-partisan movement made of people who, through volunteering and direct participation, promote change for a better future. Legambiente has founded its mission on scientific environmentalism, collecting thousands of data about our ecosystem from below, which are the basis of every complaint and proposal. For more than 40 years Legambiente has been fighting for a better world, fighting against pollution, illegality and injustice for beauty, protection and a better quality of life.