Things must change immediately.

A world without honeybees would aslo mean a world without fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.

Source: Dina Spector (Business Insider)

Bees and other pollinators have a huge part to play in our food supply and the global economy.
Source: Luis Ferreirim Greenpeace

Bees, bumblebees and other pollinators are vanishing at an alarming rate, in part due to the increased deployment of pesticides such as neonics.

Source: Luis Ferreirim (Greenpeace)

In recent years, beekeepers report they're losing on average 30% of all honeybee colonies each winter---- twice the loss considered economically tolerable.
image: haikudeck
Source: environmentamerica.org

Saving the bees should be a high priority.

Saving the bees is a big job- but taking action is easy! By starting in your own community, you can help make our world a healthier place for bees

Here are some things you can do to save bees.

• Protect bee habitat
• Avoid harmful pesticides
• Plant a bee-friendly garden
• Create a Bee Bath
• Build homes for solitary and bumble bees
• Start a honeybee hive
• Support your local beekeeper
• Sponsor a Hive
• Become a Bee Ambassador
• source: thehoneybeeconservancy.org
• image: Haikudeck

It sounds crazy that something as tiny as a bee could have so much impact, but more than $15 billion in US crops including apples, cantaloupes, cucumbers, lemons, limes, avocados, carrots, and almonds depend on bees to grow. On top of that honeybees produce approx. $150 million of honey in the US each year.