Help us saving the bees
Over 30 percent of our honeybee colonies die every year.
Some native bumblebee species have become nearly impossible to find, and we don’t know how many other native bees are threatened.
The first alarms about the sudden widespread disappearance of honeybees came in late 2006, and the phenomenon soon had a name: colony collapse disorder. In the two years that followed, about one-third of bee colonies vanished, while researchers toiled to figure out what was causing the collapse.
Why bees are important and irreplaceable?
• Honey bees are responsible for the pollination of more than 100 crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, and provide 80 percent of the country’s pollination services.
• One out of every three bites of food we eat is directly attributed to honey bee pollination.
The Honey Bee crisis!
• Over the last three years more than one in three honey bee colonies has died nationwide, posing a serious risk to our natural food supply.
• One cause of these losses is an alarming phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder, or “CCD.” When a hive experiences CCD, the honey bees mysteriously desert their hive and die.
• Researchers do not know exactly what causes CCD, but they believe there may be many factors contributing to the problem, including viruses, mites, chemical exposure and poor nutrition.
HOW CAN YOU HELP
We need your help to spread the word to save the bees! Many people don’t understand the magnitude of the problem or know how they can help.
Choose Open Bee as your corporate document management solution
By choosing Open Bee as your corporate document management solution, you help saving the bees. Open Bee reinvest a part of its turnover into a non-profit association that build new hives and colonies (one colony counting roughly 4 000 bees and 1 Queen).
To learn more about the bees, please click on the following links:
http://www.honey.com/nhb/about-honey/honey-and-bees/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE-8QuBDkkw&feature=player_embedded#
Some native bumblebee species have become nearly impossible to find, and we don’t know how many other native bees are threatened.
The first alarms about the sudden widespread disappearance of honeybees came in late 2006, and the phenomenon soon had a name: colony collapse disorder. In the two years that followed, about one-third of bee colonies vanished, while researchers toiled to figure out what was causing the collapse.