Bees are dying—and at an alarming rate.
Between 2023 and 2024, U.S. beekeepers lost an estimated 55.1 percent of their colonies—the worst loss in more than a decade and nearly 15 percent higher than the previous 13-year average.
Bees Give Us Food, Pollination, and Natural Medicines—and They’re Disappearing
Losing bees threatens our food diversity and the bounty of healing gifts they offer—but we can help protect them before it’s too late.
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Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
Emma is an acupuncture physician and has written extensively about health for multiple publications over the past decade. She is now a health reporter for The Epoch Times, covering Eastern medicine, nutrition, trauma, and lifestyle medicine.
