🐝Happy National Honey Bee Day!
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”— Robert Swan
🐝 Today we are celebrating beekeepers, bees, and honey!
Wild bees need us to advocate for them. Native bees, also known as wild bees, are facing an increasing risk of extinction. Of more than 20,000 species of bees worldwide, studies show that nearly 1 in 4 are imperiled. Pesticides, parasites, and loss of habitats are causing decimation to the wild bees colonies.
“As a group, wild bees are considered incredibly important pollinators, especially for home gardens and crops that honey bees can’t pollinate. Tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, for example, require “buzz pollination;” bees have to vibrate their bodies to shake the pollen free — a behavior that honey bees can’t do (bumblebees and some other native species can).”1
We can all do our part to help these little critters by planting flowers (or supporting those who do!) and becoming advocates for wild bees. Here are two quick-and-easy actions we can take to Save the Bees:
Click here to send a message to your member of Congress to support restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticide (a known wild bee killer) and bills that strengthen the wild bee population!
Click here to tell President Biden and Congress: We need urgent action on the climate crisis.
Thanks for taking action! You are awesomeness!
People Power United Updates
Our group is growing leaps and bounds! Folks understand that with love in our hearts and hard work, we will reclaim our nation from the cruelty, chaos, and confusion. And we are having fun making impactful changes in our community! In case you missed it, this past week was busy:
We issued an emergency alert to support Planned Parenthoods efforts
We signed on to a coalition letter supporting using the Farm Bill to strengthen SNAP
We issued a statement on the former President’s Georgia indictment
We joined the coalition March to End Fossil Fuels
We issued a statement on using the Heal for Immigrant Families Act
Our members took over 18,000 actions last week!
Click here to find these updates.
BONUS
Sign the petition: Demand banks stop funding the climate crisis!
Sign the petition: The fossil fuel industry broke the law with their lies. Hold them accountable!
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Vox: Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are.
Updated story from the NY Times: The Beekeepers Who Don’t Want You to Buy More Bees
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