All over the world, bee populations are declining. Because we rely so heavily on bees as pollinators for our crops, this could have a drastic effect on how the world eats. Though some crops, like corn and soybeans, are self-pollinating and therefore don’t need bees, the majority of crops are not. For example, in the almond groves of California, they need bees to help pollinate the flowers that they actually ship bees in from all around the country just for that purpose. However, even with bee populations declining and colonies collapsing, hope is not lost. There are actions that we can on many different levels- from the personal to the political. One of the easiest things that we can do is to support our local beekeepers. Buying your honey from them will help contribute to the beekeeper’s income during the off seasons when their bees aren’t needed to be brought into farms for pollination purposes. Another place that we can help is in our grocery stores. As consumers, what we purchase has power. If we are more intentional about what we buy and whom we are buying from, we can have the ability to bring about change. Pesticides like neonicotinoids cause bees to become confused and be unable to find their way back to the hive. Making sure that we do our research, and that we are only supporting brands that buy from …show more content…
Not just on the local level, as mentioned earlier, but on the national level. By voting in politicians and leaders who care about the environment and who support small farms and preserving our natural world, we can ensure that we are doing everything we can to help our bees. It’s important that we let the USDA know that more subsidies need to be given to fruit and vegetable farmers, who get a minuscule percentage in comparison to corn and grain farmers. We need to let our leaders know that we do not support farms that us neonicotinoids and other harmful