Merchants Concerned Over Bee Loss

More and more merchants are concerned about Colony Collapse Disorder. Whole Foods mentions on their blog "Whole Story" that over 100 crops from almonds to zucchini's rely on the honey bee to pollinate for them. The blog continues to state "To sum it up, bees and other pollinators are responsible for one out of every three mouthfuls of food we eat — yet US honey bee colonies are declining at an alarming annual rate of 30% or more."  It's staggering to think about it like that!

Haagan-Dazs created a fantastic website called Helping the Honey Bees. It's incredibly informative and fun. Can you imagine how many delicious flavors of ice cream we would lose if we didn't have the honey bee? Check out the website to see an entire page listing of all the flavors we would lose.
Haagan-Dazs is taking Colony Collapse Disorder so seriously that they've partnered with Penn State to further research to help save our little friends.

Burt's Bees has been taking Colony Collapse Disorder seriously since 2007. Only a year after beekeepers began reporting 30-90% losses of their hives to the USDA. Burt's Bees feels that if this disorder goes untreated it could effect the availability of the food we eat. They partnered up with the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign and began funding research for the Honeybee Health Improvement Project. In June 2008 Burt's Bees went to US Congress to request funding and raise awareness.

All of these companies continue to raise awareness using very creative measures. By supporting these companies and their campaigns like Whole Foods cantelpopes or Burt's Bees lip balm you'll be helping the honeybees and getting things you already need.