Wild bees are the real climate heroes

If we want to continue eating fruits and vegetables, maintain forests, and fight climate change, we must stop focusing on only one of 20,000 bee species.

Year after year, articles appear with doomsday scenarios describing how bee populations are rapidly declining, with buzzword headlines like “A bee-pocalypse in Europe” and “Nearly half of U.S. honeybee colonies died last year.” And it’s working; more people than ever are concerned with the “save the bees” movement, taking steps to help bees with wildflower gardens, bee baths, and even small-scale beekeeping.