Meet the bees we’re working to save

By | Mary Katherine Moore
Creative Associate

Bees of all kinds are facing a triple threat of pesticides, habitat loss and climate change. As we work to save them, let’s get to know them a little better.

If we want to save the bees, we need science that documents their decline and illustrates the nature of the problem.

On May 20, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) canceled the registration of a dozen neonicotinoid-based pesticides known to harm bees—effectively banning them.

Cities can do more to reverse bee die-offs than you might think.

Bees are in danger. You can help.

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering allowing bee-killing pesticides to be sprayed on 165 million acres of previously protected American farmland. We need to do everything in our power to save the bees — you can take action and tell your governor to ban bee-killing pesticides. . .