Pollinators across the country need your help! There is increasing evidence that many pollinators are in decline.
Pollinators across the country need your help! There is increasing evidence that many pollinators are in decline.
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Healthy populations of monarch butterflies and bees are a reflection of the health of the American landscape and the decline of these species is troubling. So why should we care about this decline in pollinator populations?
Healthy populations of monarch butterflies and bees are a reflection of the health of the American landscape and the decline of these species is troubling. So why should we care about this decline in pollinator populations?
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Butterflies are not only fun to watch but they serve a critical purpose as well. Butterflies and other pollinators including bees, moths, birds, and bats pollinate over 75% of the world’s flowering plants.
Butterflies are not only fun to watch but they serve a critical purpose as well. Butterflies and other pollinators including bees, moths, birds, and bats pollinate over 75% of the world’s flowering plants.
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Domestic honey bees alone pollinate approximately $19 billion worth of crops in the U.S. each year. We depend on what these pollinators do to help plants reproduce which helps strengthen ecosystems and maintain life sustaining biological diversity in nature.
Domestic honey bees alone pollinate approximately $19 billion worth of crops in the U.S. each year. We depend on what these pollinators do to help plants reproduce which helps strengthen ecosystems and maintain life sustaining biological diversity in nature.
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Habitat loss is one of the main contributors to the decline in pollinator numbers. Much of the lost habitat has been converted for agriculture, resource extraction, and urban development.
Habitat loss is one of the main contributors to the decline in pollinator numbers. Much of the lost habitat has been converted for agriculture, resource extraction, and urban development.
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These habitat fragments do not provide enough of the food, shelter, and safety that these species need to survive.
These habitat fragments do not provide enough of the food, shelter, and safety that these species need to survive.