Neonics And It's Effect on Butterflies and Bees

Tweet

Bees are needed in our food chain, and we all enjoy what the butterflies do for us. But one out of three bites of food we eat and 75% of the world's most nutritious foods(fruits, vegetables, and nuts) are pollinated by bees. Neonic is an insecticide that is more widely used throughout the world. It has made agriculture nearly 50 times more toxic to insects over the past 3 decades. This toxic insecticide attacks a bee's nervous system, harms their ability to navigate, fight pests and, find food and reproduce. The Rusty-Patched Bumblebee population has dropped by 87%, the Western Bumblebee by 93% and, the American Bumblebee by 89% in the last two decades.