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Douglas Dickie

Shocking image highlights what stunning landscape would look like without bees

This barren wasteland looks like it could be from another world.

But this is actually what the Cairngorms National Park would look like in a world without bees.

The shocking image was created by holiday park operator Parkdean Resorts.

It took popular UK tourism spots and looked at what they might look like without the pollinating power of the bees.

As well as the Cairngorms, the company also produced images for Snowdonia National Park in Wales, the Eden Project in Cornwall, the Seven Sisters in East Sussex and Lake Windemere in the Lake District.

In a world without bees, the magical Cairngorms landscape, some of which is in Perth and Kinross, becomes derelict and bleak, and would almost certainly no longer be a well-known beauty spot.

Bee species are in decline in the UK. On average the UK has lost 11 species of bee and hoverfly between 1980 and 2013.

If this decline continues it would have a devastating effect not only on beauty spots but also on people’s diets and well-being as popular supermarket items such as potatoes and almonds could be lost.

Nicky O’Malley, head of corporate partnerships at the RSPB, said: “Many of our bee species are declining globally.

“We can really help them by providing nectar-rich plants for them. Plants like crocus and hellebores provide a great source of food for those bees who emerge early in the colder months, while plants like borage and rosemary provide bees with food throughout the summer.

“By making our gardens, balconies and window sills into bee-friendly spots, as well as beautiful places for us, we can really help these important pollinators.”

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