Dear Lawmaker,
Hello. My class is
doing a project to save the bees and increase other native pollinator’s
populations. Bees pollinate 1/3 of our fruits and vegetables. Without bees
today we would not have any of our favorite fruits like oranges, apples,
peaches, pickles, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.
Honey Bees also make honey, which is put in some cereals. I’d hate to live
in a world without my favorite cereal: honeycombs. If exterminators could stop
spraying pesticides, bees would keep pollinating. And life we not leave us behind.
There are
many symptoms to CCD. These include complete absence of adult bees in colonies, with little or
no build-up of dead bees in or around the colonies. There have been presence of
capped brood in colonies. Bees normally will not abandon a hive until the
capped brood have all hatched. There has been presence of food stores, both honey and bee
pollen. When they were attacked by hive pests such as wax moth and small hive
beetle, the attack is noticeably delayed. Those are some symptoms of Colony
Collapse Disorder.
There are many causes of
CD. These causes include: Pesticides, viriuses, malnutrition, climate
change, mites neonicotinoidss, genetically modified (GM) crops and pathogens.
Extiminators keep spraying pesticides which kills bees. That is why we need to make
a law against killing bees.
There are many ways to stop Colony Collapse Disorder. You
can stop spraying pesticides to keep the
bees healthy. You can build a mason bee box to help the Mason Bees keep
pollinating. You can plant flowers and
build a garden keep the bees pollinating. You can raise money to donate to any local bee
keepers. You can research CCD and make
brochures to inform the community. Spread the word!
Very bad things will happen if nothing is done. We may
lose all our pollinated crops. If we lose all bees, we could have to
handpollinate, which is not an easy thing to do. Albert Einstein once said that “If the bee disappeared off the surface of
the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no
more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man." I hope that is not, true but what if……? That is why killing bees should become a law.
If you could do such a thing, it would be a big help. I’m all life will
appreciate would appreciate it.
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