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Save the bees
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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Did You Know?
Around the world, 75% of all food crops and a full 90% of all wild flowering plants rely on bees for pollination.
Learn more about the ways our world relies on bees.
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Bumblebees are disappearing before our eyes
Pesticides and habitat loss are driving America’s bumblebees to extinction. That’s why we’re working to save them.
We need to call on Amazon to help save the bees
Once bees are gone, they’re gone for good. You can’t same-day ship a new species. Tell Amazon to stop selling bee-killing pesticides today.
How Home Depot can protect bees from deadly pesticides
Neonic pesticides kill bees in huge numbers, yet Home Depot continues to sell them. We’re calling on Home Depot to stop.
Thanksgiving, delicious pumpkin pie and the role of pollinators
Bumblebees, squash bees and honey bees pollinate the pumpkins that lead to pumpkin pie, and bees pollinate many of the foods on our Thanksgiving table.
How popcorn could help save the bees
Almost all corn planted in the U.S. is coated with bee-killing pesticides. We’re calling on popcorn makers to take action to save the bees.
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Steve
Blackledge
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America