May 10, 2013

No More Bees Means No More Food!

The Salt on NPR explains that the declining bee populations could have a catastrophic affect on crops, ergo no more bees means no more food! In many ways, bee pollination is synonymous with and totally necessary for life itself.  Listen to the story Bee Deaths May Have Reached a Crisis Point for Crops and find out how you can help save the bees for your sake and the sake of generations to come. Below is a chart that shows the percentage of bee colony fatalities in the United States, highlighting a 9.2 pt. increase in mortality during the 2012-2013 season.

Winter Loss Survey, Bee Informed

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