#saving bees

[greenteeshirt]

This is from when I was at a honey farm and a hive was being relocated. These girls flew up and chilled out on me while all the other bees were going crazy during the relocation.

The Bees during relocation

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[mmoonmoss]

climbing trees and saving bees 🍃

[lifeisabeetch]

2018 is no longer the year of the dog, it’s now know as the year of the 

Bee                                             

[living-the-ca-life]

Hand painted save the bees themed clothes pins! 🌻💛🐝 https://www.etsy.com/listing/556091397/save-the-bees-hand-painted-clothes-pins

[thewannabeee]

What exactly is Colony Collapse Disorder?

- CCD is when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen. 

- The syndrome was renamed colony collapse disorder in late 2006 in conjunction with a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of Western honey bee colonies in North America. 

- CCD causes significant economic losses because many agricultural crops worldwide are pollinated by western honey bees. 

- In the six years leading up to 2013, more than 10 million beehives were lost, often to CCD, nearly twice the normal rate of loss. 

- There is no known cause for CCD although there are several possible ones (theories) for example malnutrition, various pathogens, genetic factors, pesticides, changing beekeeping practices or a combination of a few of these.

- There are many studies done on different possible causes for CCD, but I won't go into them in this post (I may in the future). 

To help with research for the cause of CCD you can donate to these causes: Pollinator Partnership,  Bee Raw or my patreon page so that the money pledged will go to a different organization every month.  

[spare-me-your-bitchophancy]

We 👏 Are 👏 Saving 👏 The 👏 Bees 👏 In 👏 2018 👏

[oc-imagines-cult]

Imagine your OC saving the bees.