BEE AWARE! #CCD #Bees #Honeybee
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BEEaware!
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This is a
HONEY BEE.
To us humans,
little creatures,PESKYthey can bee
that can and HURT
STINGyou,
YUMMYhoney!
but also make
In reality, they are the
HARDESTin the world’s agriculture production.
W RKERS
HONEY BEESIn fact,
contribute over...
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dollars to the value of U.S. crop production.
FOURTEENBEELI N
Many of the world’s crops would not exist without the little’ol
H NEY BEE.
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Things like...
heavily rely on honey bee pollination.
Those are the foodsthat give us
FLAVORNUTRITION.and
of all the food we eat is derived from
honey bee pollination.
ONE-THIRD
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But something is happening to our
little workers...
of colonies are disappearingevery year.
PERCENTF RTYnearly
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Posing a THREATworld’s entire food chain.
to the
The call for hives has continued to increase.
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If losses continue, it could threaten the bee
pollination industry,
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Making the cost of pollination services to rise,
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and increased costs means much higher food costs.
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But why are our little workers disappearing?
DISORDER
COLONYCOLLAPSE
The main causes are:
CCD
VARR A MITES,a virus-transmitting
parasite of honey bees,
a bacterial disease,
EUR PEAN FOULBROOD,
including
CHEMICALS.
PESTICIDES, and the use of
NEUR ACTIVE
Honey bee colonies has decreased from
in the 1940s...5 MILLION
2.5 MILLIONto only
today!
If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth,
-Albert Einstein
man would have no more than four years to live...
“”
We must
ACTI N!TAKE
USE PESTICIDES
CAREFULLY,
AVOIDand
applying pesticides during mid-day hours...
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when honey bees are out foraging
for NECTARand POLLEN.
P LLINAT R-FRIENDLYplants.
Plant
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Such as
RED CLOVER,
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FOXGLOVE,
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BEE BALM,
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JOE-PYE WEED.and
R&D of healthy beehive practices like...
SUPP RTPROMOTEand
Supports the education of student beekeepers.
promotes R&D of healthy beehive practices.
educates the public about the vital role that honey bees play
in sustaining agriculture.
SO DON’TKILL BEES!
THEM!EMBRACE
you see a honey bee...And the next time
BEEaware
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