If you like flowers and fruit and veggies, then you need to thank our busy bees for all the hard work they do. A third of the food we eat depends on bees for pollination, but the honeybees are disappearing fast. Why are they disappearing? The cause is still unknown, but scientists call this environmental issue Colony Collapse Disorder (CDC). Without the honeybees for pollination, the fruits, vegetables and flowers will disappear too.
Burt's Bees recently made it a priority to educate the public about CCD. According to Burt's Bees: "CCD is a mysterious disorder causing the disappearance of millions of honeybees that if left unsolved, could affect the availability of the food we eat." Häagen-Dazs - Help the Honey Bees also wants to "keep these little heroes buzzing" and get the word out.
The good news is you and your kids can work together to help save the bees too:
- Support your local organic farmer.
- Plant a seed a create a bee-friendly garden in your backyard, deck, or a neighborhood park.
- Make a donation to programs that support research into CCD. Pennsylvania State University and University of California at Davis have two of the world´s leading honey bee research facilities.
Donate to the Penn State Entomology - AG Science Haagen Dazs Honey Bee Project
