BEEaware!

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This is a

HONEY BEE.

To us humans,

little creatures,PESKYthey can bee

that can and HURT

STINGyou,

YUMMYhoney!

but also make

In reality, they are the

HARDESTin the world’s agriculture production.

W RKERS

HONEY BEESIn fact,

contribute over...

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dollars to the value of U.S. crop production.

FOURTEENBEELI N

Many of the world’s crops would not exist without the little’ol

H NEY BEE.

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Things like...

heavily rely on honey bee pollination.

Those are the foodsthat give us

FLAVORNUTRITION.and

of all the food we eat is derived from

honey bee pollination.

ONE-THIRD

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But something is happening to our

little workers...

of colonies are disappearingevery year.

PERCENTF RTYnearly

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Posing a THREATworld’s entire food chain.

to the

The call for hives has continued to increase.

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If losses continue, it could threaten the bee

pollination industry,

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Making the cost of pollination services to rise,

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and increased costs means much higher food costs.

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But why are our little workers disappearing?

DISORDER

COLONYCOLLAPSE

The main causes are:

CCD

VARR A MITES,a virus-transmitting

parasite of honey bees,

a bacterial disease,

EUR PEAN FOULBROOD,

including

CHEMICALS.

PESTICIDES, and the use of

NEUR ACTIVE

Honey bee colonies has decreased from

in the 1940s...5 MILLION

2.5 MILLIONto only

today!

If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth,

-Albert Einstein

man would have no more than four years to live...

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We must

ACTI N!TAKE

USE PESTICIDES

CAREFULLY,

AVOIDand

applying pesticides during mid-day hours...

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when honey bees are out foraging

for NECTARand POLLEN.

P LLINAT R-FRIENDLYplants.

Plant

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Such as

RED CLOVER,

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FOXGLOVE,

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BEE BALM,

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JOE-PYE WEED.and

R&D of healthy beehive practices like...

SUPP RTPROMOTEand

Supports the education of student beekeepers.

promotes R&D of healthy beehive practices.

educates the public about the vital role that honey bees play

in sustaining agriculture.

SO DON’TKILL BEES!

THEM!EMBRACE

you see a honey bee...And the next time

BEEaware

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