Save our Bees, Save our Planet

This is why Bee Buffer Zones are important. By protecting bees and providing land for them to pollinate, we are helping ourselves, too!

The picture above was the result of a partnership between the Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth and others. 

Crops Dependent on Pollination

A wonderful chart that paints a clear picture about the importance of pollination to many of our crops:

Why Pollination Matters

"A few examples of the foods that would no longer be available to us if bees ceased pollinating our agricultural goods are: broccoli, asparagus, cantaloupes, cucumbers, pumpkins, blueberries, watermelons, almonds, apples, cranberries, and cherries.

Honey is a food product created by bees and is not to be forgotten. Made by bees regurgitating nectar and passing it back and forth in their mouths to one another before depositing and sealing it in a honeycomb, its intended use is for the bees’ winter food stores. Humans are quite fond of this amber liquid as well – the 2013 honey crop was valued at $317.1 million."

A wonderful resource. Please, read here for more.

Why Bees Matter

Bees pollinate about 80 percent of the food crops that human beings need for sustenance. But bees are under attack. Due to farming techniques that involve dangerous chemicals, much of the soil is being destroyed and contaminated. When bees feed on the plants that grow in these toxic lands, they die by the millions worldwide.

Listen to this documentary featuring Dr. Reese Halter.

For more information about the Bee Buffer Project, please click here.