BeeAware! "If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live…" - Albert Einstein. The honey bee needs our help!

1. BEEaware!
Ea !

2. This is a
HONEY BEE.

3. To us humans,
little creatures,
PESKY
they can bee

4. that can
and HURT
STING
you,

5. YUMMYhoney!
but also make

6. In reality, they are the
HARDEST
in the world’s
agriculture production.
W RKERS

7. HONEY BEES
In fact,
contribute over...

8. http://www.abfnet.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=14
dollars to the value of
U.S. crop production.
FOURTEEN
BEELI N

9. Many of the world’s
crops would not exist
without the little’ol
H NEY BEE.

10. http://www.abfnet.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=71
Things like...
heavily rely on
honey bee pollination.

11. Those are the foods
that give us
FLAVOR
NUTRITION.and

12. of all the food we eat
is derived from
honey bee pollination.
ONE-THIRD
http://www.abfnet.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=14

13. But something is
happening to our
little workers...

14. of colonies are
disappearing
every year.
PERCENT
F RTY
nearly
http://www.uhfoundation.org/giving-opportunity/sweet-sustainability

15. Posing aTHREAT
world’s entire food chain.
to the

16. The call for hives has
continued to increase.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572

17. If losses continue,
it could threaten the bee
pollination industry,
http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572

18. Making the cost of
pollination services to rise,
$ $$$
http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572

19. and increased costs means
much higher food costs.
$ $$$
http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572

20. But why are our little
workers disappearing?

21. DISORDER
COLONY
COLLAPSE

22. The main causes are:
CCD

23. VARR A MITES,
a virus-transmitting
parasite of honey bees,

24. a bacterial disease,
EUR PEAN
FOULBROOD,

25. including
CHEMICALS.
PESTICIDES,
and the use of
NEUR ACTIVE

26. Honey bee colonies
has decreased from
in the 1940s...
5 MILLION

27. 2.5 MILLION
to only
today!

28. If the bee disappears from
the surface of the earth,
-Albert Einstein
man would have no more
than four years to live...
“
”

29. We must
ACTI N!
TAKE

30. USE
PESTICIDES
CAREFULLY,

31. AVOID
and
applying
pesticides
during mid-
day hours...

32. http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572
when honey bees
are out foraging
for NECTAR
and POLLEN.

33. P LLINAT R
-FRIENDLY
plants.
Plant

34. http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572
Such as
RED CLOVER,

35. http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572
FOXGLOVE,

36. http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572
BEE BALM,

37. http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572
JOE-PYE WEED.and

38. R&D of healthy
beehive practices like...
SUPP RT
PROMOTEand

40. Supports the education
of student beekeepers.

41. promotes R&D of healthy
beehive practices.

42. educates the public about the
vital role that honey bees play
in sustaining agriculture.

43. SO DON’T
KILL BEES!

44. THEM!EMBRACE

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

46. BEEaware
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47. TODAY!
Adopt-a-Beehive
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48. Do you have a cause
that needs awareness?

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