True or false? One out of every three mouthfuls of food we eat comes to us with the help of bees.
False, but if you change the word ‘bees’ to ‘pollinators,’ it would be true, and bees are one of Canada’s most important pollinators.
Squash, cucumbers, blueberries, apples, cashews, sunflowers, alfalfa and clover are some of the many plants we eat, either directly or by eating meat. All of these rely, to varying degrees, on the presence of pollinators.
Bees are declining throughout the world both in the wild and in human-made hives. They need our care and support, and so do our beekeepers.