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We are working to save the bees - from asking Amazon to stop selling bee-killing pesticides to sharing bee-friendly garden tips - and you can help.
Bees play a crucial role in our lives. But as our society uses more pesticides, their populations are plummeting. Fortunately, we know how to help them: protecting already-existing bee habitat, expanding habitat by planting pollinator-friendly plants in our own gardens and on public lands, and ending the worst uses of the pesticides that are killing them. Together, we can save the bees.
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Learn more about the ways our world relies on bees.
Bees fill an important role in ecosystems as pollinators — even in urban environments. A field trip with an urban beekeeper in Chicago helped to highlight why bees bee-long in cities too.
Native milkweeds, flowers, shrubs and other plants in pollinator gardens provide essential food, water and shelter for pollinators and other wildlife.
For bees, butterflies and other pollinators suffering from habitat loss, even the smallest patch of green can be a vital oasis, helping them to survive and thrive.
Congress allocated nearly $20 billion more to USDA’s conservation programs through the Inflation Reduction Act. This could help bees find a little home on the prairie.
The use of neonicotinoid pesticides, including those produced by Bayer, has helped make much of America’s landscape toxic to bees.
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America