Where are all of the Bees? One out of every three bites of food Americans consume comes from a plant visited by bees or other pollinators. Recently, honey bees have been dying by the tens of millions.

Why Do We Need To Save The Bee?

    Each year more than $15 billion worth of crops are pollinated by bees in the United States. Honey bees pollinate more than 100 essential food crops, as well as produce millions of dollars of honey. One out of every three bites of food Americans consume comes from a plant visited by bees or other pollinators. 

Recently, honey bees have been dying by the tens of millions. These deaths are caused by colony collapse disorder (CCD), a phenomenon linked to the drastic rise in the number of disappearances of Western honeybee colonies in North America. Although there are many theories as to the cause of CCD, there is still no specific cause identified by researchers. 

CCD has wiped out some 10 million bee hives over the past six years. The death rate for colonies has hit 30% annually in recent years, with nearly one-third the number of honey bee colonies in the U.S. as there were in 1947.

Colony Collapse Disorder, insect diseases, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pesticides and other issues that affect bee health add to the decline of bee populations. 

What can you do to help?

Cultivate bee-friendly plants

                                     Build a Bee Habitat

 Build a bee water source - glass beads in a bird feeder (or other shallow dish) fill with water so that the beads stick up over the water.

Go Organic - No Pesticides! You may lose some fruit but isn't that better than losing all of our fruit in the future?

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