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The Buzz On Honey Bee s. McKayla McCloskey Spring 2014. Storybird. Humans are creating an environment where bees are unable to live and reproduce successfully. 237 out of 453 food items gone. wordpress. Why I chose this topic:. Environmental Variety of food and plants
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The Buzz On Honey Bees McKayla McCloskey Spring 2014 Storybird
Humans are creating an environment where bees are unable to live and reproduce successfully. 237 out of 453 food items gone.
wordpress Why I chose this topic: • Environmental • Variety of food and plants • Largest crisis next to global warming • Affects every single land species
Root Causes: • Pesticides in crops • Genetically modified crops • Colony collapse disorder CCD Media cach
Root Cause #1 Pesticides in crops: • Certain pesticides will poison bees http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=dead+bee&qpvt=dead+bee&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=12A5D67F78F705170D035553F806511FBA8CDC0D&selectedIndex=63
Root Cause #2 Genetically Modified Crops. GMO’s = malnourished bees. GMO’s = more bee illness Townipproject
Root Cause #3 Colony Collapse Disorder • CCD threatens world wide bee populations • $367 BILLION honey and pollination industry • $30 BILLION food industry Dinner table science
Impacts Food supply Goes dreamstime Human existence threatened Investment Europe Down. Food prices go up The money update
My Action Plan Masterfluentenglish • Teaching in two 3rd 4th and 5th grade class rooms. • Distributing flyers • Writing to governor Jay Insley
How you can help: Bbka Donate to organizations By local and organic foods Spread the word