Bees Bees Not Anywhere

My Editorial 

Today, we have come closer to losing our clean water and clean air with Scott Pruitt becoming EPA administrator. There is also a proposed bill in the House of Representatives to terminate the whole Environmental Protection Agency, which was introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Massie Thomas (R-KY), Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS), and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA).

The Republicans are showing their true colors by allowing big businesses to pollute our water and air. Here’s another example with bumblebees.

President Trump’s White House blocked the Bumblebee as an endangered species. Bumblebees have a key role in producing much of the food that we eat through pollination. Through the work of bumblebee, many commercial crops such as tomatoes, peas, apples and strawberries are produced. These are foods that we consume every day.

Honeybees and bumblebees are dying off in the United States. The bee population has dropped 90 percent since the beginning of the 1990s. Emissions from power plants and automobiles have impacted the insects' demise. Air pollution interferes with the ability of bees to follow the scent of flowers to their source, undermining the essential process of pollination. Flowers produce scent-bearing hydrocarbon, which are overwhelmed when they come into contact with ozone and other pollutants, such as nitric oxides found in diesel fuel.

When it comes to our food supply, we should all take note of what is going on before it’s too late. Please see The Natural Resource Defense Council for more information.