This blog posts are on bees! there’s a huge issue with the declining rate of bees and we all need to realize that we have to thank bees for the food we eat.
Honeybees are known to do 80% of the world’s pollination, fruits, nuts and vegetables are all pollinated by bees. The declining in bee population is not an unknown factor its chemical industries, they are dying from pesticides, drought, habitat destruction, air population and many more. The key information here is two of the main causes are human induced; pesticides and habitat destruction.
Bees cannot keep up with the pace of pollination being done in the winter as the mortality rate is higher and there’s a loss of habitat. Commonly about 30-50 percent of losses occur in the winter in the USA.
Pesticides are a huge factor when it comes to mortality rates biologists have found more than 150 different chemicals in bee pollen which is deadly. The bee’s habitats are shrinking because of the contaminated of pesticides in grasslands and forestry.
There are many solutions out there to help restore and protect the bees! Starting with banning dangerous pesticides, preserving habitats, restoring ecological agriculture, banning genetically modified foods to help the farms and many more.
The main goal is to restore the bee’s population because they are the main providers and by better research and funding the farmers, and industries could work together and help maintain the health of the bees!
USA bee declining rate is very high compared to other countries, Europe has a report out that understand 3 widely used pesticides and the risks associated with bees. Europe ended up banning certain pesticides for a couple of years to help the recovery rate of bees and then implemented longer bans to help preserve them.
In conclusion, bees are our lives without them there is no us! and we need to take all the steps we can to help reduce the declining rate! We gotta love the bees as much as Winnie the Pooh does! #Savethebees!
Reference: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/save-the-bees/
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 
