CHEERIO BEE FREE
This offer might not be available if you don’t naturally say ‘eh’, eh? Anyway, the free wildflower seeds are at the other end of this link. The free seeds seem to be a Canadian give-away. Not directly from the seeds, by the way, but from the wildflowers that may grow from the seeds that will feed the bees. Put a few seeds in the ground and before long you’ll have bees. With deteriorating bee colony health, bees everywhere have been disappearing by the millions and it’s time we all did something about it.” To bring back the bees, General Mills is giving away packages of seeds. GM’s people tell us that “Buzz is missing because there’s something serious going on with the world’s bees.
(When was Diphaglossa gayi, the Chilean Valdivian Forest Forked-Tongue Bee, last seen on a box of cereal or a carton of milk? Huh?) Humans are preventing honey bees from going extinct, but less celebrated bees, such as Diphaglossa gayi are pretty much on their own – and are becoming rare. The honey bee is just one species of bee ( Buzz the Bee is a subspecies of honey bee, technically it is Apis mellifera generalfoodi). There were once about 25,000 species of bees in the world, now there are hundreds fewer. With climate change and our chemically soupy environment, it’s getting rough for all sorts of creatures. Lab tests found residues of the herbicide's active ingredient, glyphosate, in original and Honey Nut Cheerios, Doritos, Oreos, Fritos and other grain-based snacks.General Mills (GM) says they have sequestered their happy bee so that bloggers such as I might write about the world’s missing bees, bringing attention to the plight of bees. Last fall, a study by Food Democracy Now! indicated that RoundUp was used in fields where crops for popular packaged foods are grown. The herbicide, like other industrial chemicals, is suspected of contributing to bee population declines. Other Cheerios haters have said it's uncanny that General Mills is clamoring to "bring back the bees" while sourcing its oats from farms that use Monsanto's RoundUp. Credit: david mcnew/Getty ImagesĬheerios countered those concerns on Facebook, explaining the seed varieties in its Bee Friendlier Mix "are not considered invasive." The varieties "were selected for their flowers which produce nectar and pollen that are attractive to bees and other pollinators," the cereal maker said in reply to worried commenters.
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Speaking of wildflowers, check out California's 'super bloom' in this Maphoto. In recent days, some bee experts have praised Cheerios' wildflower campaign, while others said they worried it could do more harm than good.
CHEERIO BEE PATCH
On the mainland U.S., the rusty patch bumblebee was supposed to be added to the endangered species list in February - until the Trump administration ordered a temporary freeze on new federal regulations, delaying the bee's listing. Seven of Hawaii's yellow-faced bee species are officially listed as endangered. Yet in North America, bees have suffered staggering losses in the last decade because of the abundant use of pesticides, the spread of parasites and habitat loss from industrial agriculture and expanding real estate.
"In one week, the campaign not only reached its goal, but surpassed it by an un-bee-lievable amount," the company announced on March 17, causing a universal groan.Ĭheerios encouraged the seed recipients to plant wildflowers in their backyards to provide more nectar and pollen for bumblebees, honeybees and other struggling species.Īs pollinators, bees play a vital role in sustaining our ecosystems and helping plants and food crops thrive and reproduce. This pollinating bee drone shows the power of these endangered creatures
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