Video Blog: What’s happening to the bees?
Note: This post was created by Environment Montana intern Tiffany Folkes.

Bees pollinate 71 of 100 crops that supply 90 percent of the world’s food and in the past decade, beekeepers have been reporting an average loss of 30 percent of all honeybee colonies each winter. Montana is not immune to these effects, and bees are essential for the pollination of Montana crops like strawberries, pumpkins, onions and tomatoes.
One major reason for the bee die-off is the use of a category of insecticides called neonicotinoids, or neonics. Missoula beekeepers have noticed the impact of insecticide-treated plants on their bees and know that the only way to protect bees is by changing agricultural practices and supporting wild plant life.
You can read more about bees and Environment America’s Bee Friendly Food Alliance at www.beefriendlyfood.org
Special thanks to:
Sam Wüstner
Rod Foster
Zabeth Runyan
Music:
Before the Plough by Quarkstar, © Copyright 2017, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.
