The document discusses the decline in bee populations due to pesticide use, global warming, and colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon that randomly kills bees. Without bees, humanity would not survive for more than 4 years as bees are needed to pollinate many fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. The bee population is decreasing the most in the US Midwest and California Central Valley regions. The document recommends planting bee-friendly flowers, avoiding pesticides, buying local honey, providing water sources, and becoming beekeepers to help address the declining bee populations.

1. Why We Should Focus on
Saving the Bees
Brooke Gollaway

2. Why the Bees are Dying
 Pesticide use
 Global warming
 In the last 5 years, 30% of the national bee population has died

3. Colony Collapse Disorder
 Is to bees like AIDS is to humans
 Randomly occurring phenomenon
 Could be caused by global warming
 Main reason the bee population is declining

4. A World Without Bees
 No fruits, vegetables, nuts, or seeds
 Humanity wouldn’t last over 4 years without bees
 Foods that are produced would be very poor quality

5. Where are Bees Most Needed?
 Bees are most needed in the Midwestern Corn Belt and California’s Central Value
 The bee population is decreasing in those two areas the most
Blue is higher population
of bees, tan is lower.

6. How We Can Help
 Plant bee friendly flowers!
 Don’t use chemicals and pesticides in your garden
 Buy local, raw, honey
 Bees are thirsty! Place some water outside
 If you can, become a beekeeper!