10 Practical Things You Can Do To Help Save The Bees

5. And for the same reason, avoid using pesticides in your own home garden.

“With bee populations declining, it’s more important than ever to keep our homes pesticide-free. Bees exist in urban environments, so the forage that they find in people’s yards is critical to their nutrition.

Plants that are treated with pesticides are extremely harmful to bees, and even low doses of tainted pollen/nectar can build up in a beehive over time and lead to neurological issues and whole colony collapse,” said Shaw.