Save the bees & Protect the Pollinators
Why Conserve the bees?
How can you protect the pollinators?
How can you protect the pollinators?
- Provide Food
- Economic Value to Us
- Biological Treasure
How can you protect the pollinators?
How can you protect the pollinators?
How can you protect the pollinators?
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- Stop using Neonicotinoids Insecticides. These are banned in Europe but not the US.
- Stop using the herbicide Roundup.
- Support Organic Farming.
- Plant Native Species Plants.
Pollinator Facts
- Over 1/3 of the foods we eat comes from insect pollinated crops. Some of our favorites like coffee and chocolate require pollination.
- Honeybees are responsible for pollinating 80% of fruit, vegetables, and seeds in the U.S.
- Nuts, cotton, hay, and alfalfa grown require pollination by insects.
- Wisconsin has 500 Native Bees.
- The oldest bee fossil is 100 million years old. The first beekeepers were the Egyptians in 2400 B.C.
- Honey is the ONLY food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including water.
- Honeybees never sleep.
- Out of 20,000 species of bees, only four make honey.
- Honey bees fly at 15 miles per hour.
- A bee will only produce approximately 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
A lifetime of work
To make one pound of honey, the bees in the colony must visit 2 million flowers, fly over 55,000 miles and will be the lifetime work of approximately 300 bees.
- 10 flowers can yield 1 drop of nectar
- One bee can hold one drop of nectar
- 10 drops of nectar yield one drop of honey
- 10 drops of honey yield one drop of beeswax
- 1000 flowers yield one drop of beeswax
