Environmental activists built a bee cemetery outside the Chancellery building which houses the office of German chancellor on Wednesday to call for more protection for insects.

Members of the German environmental campaign group Campact installed some 200 oversized cardboard bees in front of the Chancellery in Berlin prior to the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government. One of the topics was the insect protection law. 

For years, the United Nations has been describing the bee population decline as a global threat to food security. A report released on July, 2020 shows that the European Union's measures to protect bees and butterflies, important natural pollinators, and prevent their decline have been largely ineffective. 

The UN has blamed human activities such as using pesticides, mono-cropping as well as climate change for the insect's decline.

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