Pollinator bees around the world have been dying at a shocking rate due to changes in the climate, loss of habitats, parasites, pesticides, and dangerous chemicals. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that a population of bees living in our country is at risk of going extinct. Since bees pollinate a crucial percentage of the world's food supply, their condition could put other species and crops in danger as well. Due to this outbreak, the Honey Nut Cheerio's bee, Buzz, has been taken off of the boxes to bring awareness to the problem. Honey Nut Cheerios has also launched a campaign to #BringBackthebees by giving packets of wildflower seeds to be planted, as wildflowers have all the necessities for a bee to continue its cycle.
It wasn't until recently that I realized just how crucial bees are in our everyday lives. A chain of more alarming events could happen if we don't help bring the bees back to a healthy state. There's so much we can do to help them since they really do a lot for us. I highly recommend everyone plant wildflower seeds and do everything humanly possible to keep them alive. It's weird how the little things can make such a big impact on our lives. This just goes to show that we need to stop taking everything for granted and take care of our environment and the organisms living in it. I hope we can work together to fix this problem.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/16/health/bees-cheerios-campaign-trnd/index.html
I hope someone out there has a plan, for we definitely need one!
ReplyDeleteBees really effect more than we think... without them we would have lack of pollination.
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