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Battle For The Bees

It’s no secret that the number of bees around the world is decreasing.

Is the number of bees around the world decreasing? Yes, the number of bees around the world is decreasing. Is this a secret? No, this is not a secret.

Bees are simply leaving their hives and never coming back.

What is happening to the bees? The bees are simply leaving their hives and never coming back.

This is called Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD.

What is CCD? CCD is Colony Collapse Disorder.

Scientists aren’t 100% sure why it’s happening, but it spells big trouble for humans.

Why is this happening? No one is sure why this is happening. Does it spell big trouble? Yes, it spells big trouble. Who does this spell big trouble for? This spells big trouble for humans.

Many of the foods humans eat depend on bees for pollination.

What do many of the foods we eat depend on? Many of the foods we eat depend on bees for pollination.

Meet New York City resident Andrew Cote: a man with a mission.

Does Andrew have a mission? Yes, Andrew has a mission.

Andrew doesn’t let the surrounding concrete jungle stop him from keeping bees.

What kind of jungle is it? It’s a concrete jungle. Does the concrete jungle stop Andrew from keeping bees? No, the concrete jungle doesn’t stop Andrew from keeping bees.

He keeps over 75 hives throughout the city, mostly on rooftops.

How many hives does Andrew keep? Andrew keeps over 75 hives throughout the city. Where does he keep them? He keeps them mostly on rooftops.

In fact, he’s even made a business out of it, servicing restaurants and hotels, like the Waldorf Astoria.

Who does Andrew’s business service? Andrew’s business services restaurants and hotels.

At this famous hotel, Andrew helps them keep 360,000 honeybees in six hives on their 20th-floor rooftop.

How many bees do they keep at this famous hotel? They keep 360,000 bees at this famous hotel.

The honey is served to customers in their food, tea, and even a special honey-laced beer.

What does the hotel do with this honey? The honey is served to customers in their food, tea, and even a special honey-laced beer.

Andrew believes that the bee problem needs to be attacked on all fronts, so we shouldn’t let our urban environment prevent us from cultivating bees.

Does Andrew say we should attack the bee problem on all fronts? Yes, he says we should attack the bee problem on all fronts.

Bees and humans can co-exist peacefully in the big city. In an interview with CNN, Andrew says, “Urban Beekeeping is like crack.”

What does Andrew say about Urban Beekeeping? Andrew says, “Urban Beekeeping is like crack.

“It’s an obsession and there’s no turning back.”

What is an obsession? Beekeeping is an obsession.

Andrew doesn’t stop with New York City. He’s also head of Bees without Borders.

Is Andrew the head of New York City? No, Andrew isn’t the head of New York City. What is he the head of? Andrew is the head of Bees without Borders.

The organization works to create or revive bee colonies all over the world, in places like Africa, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia.

Does Bees without Borders create bee colonies, or revive bee colonies? Both. Bees without Borders creates bee colonies and revives bee colonies.

At least once a year, he and his team travel to a remote location and share their beekeeping knowledge with the local community.

What kind of locations do they travel to? They travel to remote locations. What do they share with the local community? They share their beekeeping knowledge with the local community.

This helps bees make a comeback in areas where they are disappearing.

Does this help bees make a comeback? Yes, this helps bees make a comeback.

Another person who’s generating lots of buzz is Chris Burley.

Is Chris generating lots of buzz? Yes, Chris is generating lots of buzz.

He’s attacking the bee problem with a plan to grow what bees love the most: wildflowers.

Do bees love Chris the most? No, bees don’t love Chris the most. What do they love the most? They love wildflowers the most.

To do this, he started a company called Seedles, which makes pellets that look like candies.

What’s Chris’s company called? Chris’s company is called Seedles. What does Seedles make? Seedles makes pellets.

However, these bright little balls are actually made from compost, clay, and wildflower seeds.

What are the balls made of? The balls are made from compost, clay, and wildflower seeds.

All you need to do is walk around and throw the pellets on the ground wherever you want.

Where do you need to throw the pellets? You need to throw the pellets on the ground wherever you want.

That’s it. When it rains, they dissolve into the soil and wildflowers will grow.

What happens when it rains? When it rains, they dissolve into the soil and wildflowers will grow.

Buy a bunch of Seedles, take a stroll through the city, and you could be the next Johnny Appleseed of the bee world, growing flowers that bees need to survive.

What do bees need to survive? Bees need flowers to survive.

Complex problems need creative solutions.

What kind of solutions do complex problems need? Complex problems need creative solutions.

Without people like Andrew and Chris working to save the bees, our dinner plates could look a whole lot less appetizing in the years to come.

Will our future dinner plates look more or less appetizing without bees? Our future dinner plates will look less appetizing without bees.