Your Signature is Needed: National Honeybee Day is Saturday

National Honey Bee Day is this Saturday, Friend! Celebrate bees and other pollinators by telling the EPA to BAN bee-killing pesticides before it’s too late! Can you bee-lieve that honeybees could face another 15 years of toxic neonics if the EPA doesn’t step up? Hard-working bees are the backbone of our food system. They contribute to 1 in 3 bites of food that we eat, along with other pollinators. That includes some of the most delicious and nutritious fruits, veggies and nuts, like strawberries, melons, tomatoes—even almonds! Imagine what our grocery shelves would look like without bees. Beekeepers have lost 40% of their hives on average in recent years. And honeybees aren’t the only ones in danger. Over the past two decades, the American Bumblebee population dropped by 89%. The beloved Western Bumblebee population dropped by 93% and the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee population by 87%. If the EPA approves another 15 YEARS of neonics, we could risk driving many wild bee species closer to EXTINCTION. NEONICS are POISONING the nectar that bees need to survive and contaminating the environments they live in. Neonics attack bees’ nervous system and can harm their ability to navigate, find food, fight pests and diseases, and even reproduce. [Ahead of National Honey Bee Day, show bees some appreciation by taking action! Friend, we need 213 signatures from your area to hit our goal and help SAVE BEES. Act now>>]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Neonics don’t hurt just bees, Friend. These pesticides are found on many of the foods that you eat and CANNOT BE WASHED OFF. Neonics have been linked to birth defects of the heart and brain, hormone disruption, and autism. Children are the most vulnerable to exposure! The EPA itself has acknowledged how harmful neonics are for pollinators and hundreds of threatened and endangered species – but it is under tremendous pressure from Big Ag to perpetuate the rampant use of these bee-killing pesticides for another 15 years. [Please take less than 60 seconds to help us SAVE pollinators, PROTECT our health and our ecosystems by signing your name immediately!!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Standing with you, Kendra Klein Deputy director of science, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us](foe.org/about-us/contact/) Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2021, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]