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Save the pollinators
In 2014 the decline in bees increased to nearly 50%; since 2004, the decline had been about 30% annually.
One of every third bite of food world-wide depends on the contribution of pollinators, especially bees (all bees), for a successful harvest. “70 out of the top 100 human food crops which supply 90% of the world’s nutrition are pollinated by bees.” (Greenpeace, 2015)
Insect pollinators include bees, (honey bees, carpenter bees, bumblebees…); pollen wasps (Masarinae); ants; a variety of flies including bee flies and hoverflies; lepidopterans, both butterflies and moths; and flower beetles; and hummingbirds with their long beaks; they pollinate deep-throated flowers.
For bees and other pollinators to survive here in Missouri, they need consistent food sources—namely blooming flowers—from early April to late October.
Learn more about toxic neonicotinoid (systemic insecticide) pesticides that kill pollinators. You need to know when and what to spray so as not to kill pollinators.
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