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Bee Proactive: Top Ten Ways to Help Bees
Everyone can help these valuable pollinators. Pick from the list or go big with all ten tips.
Why bees are disappearing
Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four reasons which are interacting with tragic consequences. This is not simply a problem because bees pollinate a third of the world's crops. Could this incredible species be holding up a mirror for us?
How to Keep Honeybees
Join the backyard beekeeping revolution and keep pollinators buzzing. The payback's pretty sweet.
This is what life without bees would look like
One in three bites of food depends on pollinators; these images show how bleak our plates would be without our partners in pollination.
Why Do Bee Colonies Collapse?
It’s a good question—one scientists continue to grapple with 10 years after colony collapse disorder was first identified.
Harvard Study Proves Why The Bees Are All Disappearing
If the bees go, then the whole world goes! The results from this study not only replicate findings from the previous study, but also reinforce the ...
Can You Pick the Bees Out of This Insect Lineup?
How can we save the pollinators if we don’t even recognize them?
Why You're More Likely To Be Killed By a Bee Than a Bear
Our fear of bear attacks is far greater than the actual risk of being mauled or killed, experts say.
5 Facts About Bumble Bees—and How To Help Them
If asked to name a key pollinator in the United States, you’re likely to think first of the honey bee. Native to Europe, honey bees were introduced to North America …
How the White House plans to help the humble bee maintain its buzz
The president is a little obsessed with the insects, in part because they are so crucial to the food supply.
9 extraordinary facts about North America's native bees
From invisibility cloaks to incubating eggs like a hen, bees are a lot more diverse and a lot more incredible than most of us ever realized.
The Heartbreak of Finding Out That All Your Bees Died Over the Winter
We’ve all heard the story by now. Bees are dying, and a tangled mix of toxic pesticides, monocrop agriculture, and climate change are probably to blame ...
Increase Your Garden’s Bee Population
Colony Collapse Disorder is reducing the global bee population. Here’s how you can make your garden a safe haven for bees.
Pollinators: 5 Easy Ways to Attract Beloved Bees, Butterflies and Beetles... 🐝
Pollinators are important to our environment and the success of our gardens. Find out 5 ways you can attract pollinators.
Bees, butterflies, and bats: Why you want these pollinators in your backyard
If you want to attract pollinators, including bees and butterflies, to your garden, these experts have easy tips.
12 Fun Facts You May Not Know About Bees
If you want to know fun facts about bees, you are in the right place. Bees produce honey, pollinates our flowers and worker bees are females.
Do we still need to save the bees?
Pollinators are in trouble, but be careful about which bee you mean.
3 Ways to Increase Your Local Bee Population
Everyone wants to save the bees, but how can you increase your local bee population? Find out how to help our favorite pollinators with this guide.
How bees are getting a boost around the world
Bees, an integral part of our biodiversity, are rapidly declining in number. But innovative solutions are coming from all over the world in an effort help the pollinators.
