Make hay while the sun shines- because the bees need you to. And we need bees!

"Changing farming practices have played a major role in the decline of the bumble bee, according to new research. The big drop in haymaking and the rise of silage is driving out the bees, whose numbers have declined by 60 per cent since 1970." LINK

This is scary too- apparently, bees don't like GM crops: "Wild Bees Reject Genetically Engineered Crop--Potential Major Impact on Pollination" LINK

Without bees, we don't eat.
"Bees, via pollination, are responsible for 15 to 30 percent of the food U.S. consumers eat. But in the last 50 years the domesticated honeybee population—which most farmers depend on for pollination—has declined by about 50 percent, scientists say. " LINK