06/05/2025
Bees pollinate one-third of all the food we eat. Without them, we'd lose apples, almonds, blueberries, cucumbers, and hundreds of other crops.
A single bee colony pollinates millions of flowers every day. When they move from flower to flower collecting nectar, they're accidentally transferring pollen—which is how plants reproduce.
This isn't just about our food. Wild plants need bees to survive too. When those plants disappear, so do the animals that depend on them for food and shelter. Entire ecosystems collapse without pollinators.
Bee populations are declining worldwide due to pesticides, habitat loss, and climate change. We're already seeing the effects—some farmers now hand-pollinate their crops because there aren't enough bees.
The math is simple: fewer bees = less food = ecological disaster.
That bee you see working in your garden isn't just busy. She's literally keeping our food system and natural world functioning.
We need to protect them. Our survival depends on theirs.
