BEE E aware a !

This is a

HONEY BEE.

To us humans, they can bee

PESKY little creatures,

that can and

STING you, HURT

but also make

YUMMY honey!

HARDEST W RKERS

In reality, they are the

in the worlds agriculture production.

In fact,

HONEY BEES contribute over...

dollars to the value of U.S. crop production.

BEELI N

FOURTEEN

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Many of the worlds crops would not exist without the littleol

H NEY BEE.

Things like...

heavily rely on honey bee pollination.

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FLAVOR and NUTRITION.

Those are the foods that give us

ONE-THIRD of all the food we eat

is derived from honey bee pollination.

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But something is happening to our little workers...

nearly

F RTY PERCENT
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of colonies are disappearing every year.

Posing a to the worlds entire food chain.

THREAT

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?

COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER

CCD
The main causes are:

VARR A MITES,
a virus-transmitting parasite of honey bees,

EUR PEAN FOULBROOD,

a bacterial disease,

and the use of

PESTICIDES,
including

NEUR ACTIVE CHEMICALS.

5 MILLION in the 1940s...

Honey bee colonies has decreased from

to only

2.5 MILLION today!

If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live...

-Albert Einstein

E K TA ! N I T AC

t s u m We

USE PESTICIDES CAREFULLY,

and

AVOID

applying pesticides during midday hours...

when honey bees are out foraging for NECTAR and POLLEN.

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Plant

P LLINAT R -FRIENDLY
plants.

Such as

RED CLOVER,

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FOXGLOVE,

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BEE BALM,

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and

JOE-PYE WEED.

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R&D of healthy beehive practices like...

SUPP RT and PROMOTE

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 DONT KILL BEES!

EMBRACE THEM!

And the next time you see a honey bee...

BEE E aware

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