🐝Collapse

C o l o ny are deadly to many species

including humans.
Bees are important because bees
help save the environment by
pollinating! What is pollination?
Why bees are an important part of saving
the environment
Pollination is when a pollination
animal, (bees, butterflies, bats,
By: Avalon Hoops moths, beetles, Lemurs, honey
On a lush and warm summer possums etc.) eat or suck up
day, Beautiful flowers are nectar or pollen from plants and
transfer them to other grounds
to help repopulate the plant.

The History and

ho w it h a p p e n e d
Bee with colony collapse disorder
everywhere! But you can’t
Colony

Co l l a p s e
seem to find bees. You walk over
to the local beehive but see it
squished and deformed. Bees
come out with their butts up and Colony collapse started in
2006, or was reported at that time.
head down. They can’t fly. Then,
No one knows when it really
they die right in front of you.
started but that is the first known
You're probably wondering
date. “If the bee disappeared off
how this came to be. This is
the face of
called Colony Collapse Disorder.
the Earth,
It makes worker Bees die,
man would
leading to a very painful and
only have
slow death. How does this
four years
happen? Pesticides. Pesticides
left to live.
are a chemical you spray on
No more
plants to keep bugs away. These
bees, no more pollination, no
more plants, no more animals, Amazing foods and things:
and no more man.”
Says Albert Einstein.
BEES
Bees create many things to
HOW BEES CAN DIE:
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heal your body, and usually your
C L I MA T E C H A N G E : tastebuds!
Weirdly warm weather causes
flowers to change their growing Take royal jelly, for instance.
schedule. When bees come out of It's smooth, creamy, fluffy, and
hibernation, the flowers have already rich. It’s
bloomed and died. said to help
with
D I S E A S E : Diseases carried by diabetes,
mites can weaken bees and can hay fever,
make them less immune to pesticide and alot
poisoning. more! And,
the
P E S T IC I D E S: Pesticides have surprising part, it is made all by
chemicals that, of course, kill insects, BEES! Nope, no human contact.
but they have components that affect It's made with simple sugars,
bees more. water, protein, vitamin C,
minerals, and enzymes. People
L O S S O F H A B I T A T : Lots put it on their bodys as well to
moisturize! Queen bees and bee
of areas that used to have green
larvae eat this, and once larvae
grass and terrific flowers are
become regular worker bees,
stripped away, and that's what they feast on pollen and nectar,
bees usually rely on for food. but the queen always eats royal
jelly.
Honey! Many people like honey! I
like honey, I hope you like honey,
a ton of people like honey! It’s
made from sugar, nectar, and not vinegar, Water, lemon zest,
much more! and lavender oil. Mix them
all together and put it in a
spray bottle. (Full recipe:
HO W WE C A N [Link])

HELP What is the provide trees for

bees program?
Here is a bullet list of things The provide trees for bees
program is where beelovers come
YOU can do in order to help
together to plant trees and
colony collapse: shrubs.

★ Plant a Bee Garden

★ Go Chemical-Free for Bees
★ Provide Trees for Bees What is a bee bath?
★ Create a Bee Bath A bee bath is a safe water source
★ Build Homes for Native Bees for bees. It usually has rocks and
it NEEDS to be shallow so bees
What is a bee garden? don’t drown. It also needs to be
A bee garden is a in a warm and sunny area with
garden of flowers bees love. limited movement as bees get
scared easily.

What is the go
chemical-free for bees What is the build home for
program? native bees program?
The go chemical-free The build home
for bees program is where for native bees
you stop using chemicals to program is where
clean your house. Instead of you build wood
using cleaning products, try mini-houses for
this scented recipe: White bees. (For more
info go to [Link].)

Bibliography
WORDS TO Colony Collapse Disorder: Why Are

Bees Dying? 29 Apr. 2022,

KNOW
[Link]
CLIMATE CHANGE: Weather
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moves up faster, (ex:
Summer/winter moving faster).
US EPA, OCSPP. Colony Collapse
PESTICIDES: A substance that Disorder. 29 Aug. 2013,
gets sprayed on a plant to kill bugs.
[Link]

COLONY COLLAPSE: A disease ction/colony-collapse-disorder.

that causes worker bees to die a
slow and painful death.
PICTURE CREDITS
POLLINATORS: A type of animal
that transfers seeds/ pollen to other BEE WITH colony
areas to repopulate a plant.
collapse disorder:
ROYAL JELLY: A creamy
substance created by bees to help [Link]

with many diseases. der

PIe chart:

[Link]

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HONEY:
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Native bee house:

Home — Beyond Pesticides

An amazing website called

[Link] creates

lemonade and helps save the

bees. I recommend going to

this website to learn more

about saving bees.