Though the connection to world peace can be debated... this certainly does impact our world. In the past 2 years, nearly one third of the US honeybees have vanished. We rely on them to pollinate our crops and wonder if they might be a version of the canary in a coal mine. The cause of colony collapse? Pesticides, dwindling food supply, and a virus tht target bees' immune system.
We agree with Burt's Bees cofounder, Burt Shavitz who says "The bees' survival depends on how we manage and protect our world." Click here for a free packet of bee-friendly flower seeds you can plant in your yard to provide a source of food for our favorite pollinators.
We recently read that every third bite of food we eat has been pollinated by a honeybee. Can we afford to lose our fruit, berries, nuts, and more? Here at home we garden organically and shop for food that is homegrown. We avoid genetically modified food (frankenfood) at all times.
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