From June 2024 to February 2025, commercial beekeepers lost an estimated 62 percent of their bees. According to Project Apis m., a nonprofit beekeeping organization, 1.1 million colonies were lost in the last year.
Pollinators like honeybees are responsible for every third bite of food and 90 percent of flowering plants require pollination.
Superintendents can help reverse the impacts of pollinator decline and habitat loss. Being a steward for the environment and the caretaker of land and wildlife provides a space to attract pollinators while gaining aesthetics and saving money. Read more here.