What is a pollinator?

Pollinators are insects and animals that carry pollen from one plant to another for fertilization.

Only pollinated plants can make fruit and/or seeds. Without them, the plants cannot reproduce.

Pollinators contribute $500 billion a year to global food production.

Since 2006, US beekeepers have reported honey bee colony loss rates of 30% each year.

Bee populations in the United States are declining at a rapid, unprecedented rate. Native bee species are absolutely suffering as well. Yet most unfortunately, there is not enough research on native bee decline to determine how the severity of their suffering.

1 in every 3 bites of food depends on bee pollination.