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.
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.
The Latest
Conservation funding could be a big win for bees
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.
Bayer’s pesticides are harming bees
The use of neonicotinoid pesticides, like those produced by Bayer, has helped make much of America’s landscape toxic to bees.
How to make our cities a home for bees, butterflies and other pollinators
Our cities can help protect bees and offer pollinators a safe haven through green infrastructure projects.
Save the bees & go solar
Designing pollinator friendly habitats into solar farms offers a win-win.
Showing gratitude for bees this Thanksgiving
Many Thanksgiving favorites wouldn’t be the same without bees
Team
Blackledge
Steve
Blackledge
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America