The Environmental Protection Agency has made many efforts to help keep the bee population alive through the Colony Collapse Disorder Action Plan. The plan includes four aspects: The EPA surveys the hive to see what condition it is in and the seriousness of the case. By doing this, they also protect the land surrounding it from predators and pests. The EPA inspects bee samples who have died to search for any pathogens or pests in its system. The EPA narrows the cause down to four possibilities. The EPA does whatever it can to try to decrease mortality rates.

As pesticide misuse has decreased from laws of the EPA and other organizations, bee pollination is beginning to increase because the pesticides are not infecting the bee population as much. In addition, beekeepers are noticing a difference in the amount of bees that have been around their hives. Also, they are finding fewer traces of pesticides in the bee populations.

We can reduce the use of pesticides or switch the organic pesticides that do not harm bees. Furthermore, we can pay for farms to store them and eventually breed them. Finally, we can plant more flowers by making gardens and parks in different areas to increase pollination.

As individuals, we can do various things to keep bee populations rising: Make gardens with ultra-violet colored flowers (bees are attracted to them) Use organic pesticides (eggshells, straw, hay, etc.) for your needs rather than pesticides that will poison the bees Buying more honey can keep beekeepers in business who are there to help the bees survive Educating others about the disheartening stories of bee pollination declination

These solutions will help because bees will pollinate more often. When doing this, they have a food source to survive on so that they can reproduce easily, keeping the bee population at a fair rate. Inorganic pesticides poison bees and other species through biological magnification, while the organic pesticides don’t harm the bees and work just as well as inorganic pesticides. When you buy honey, the money goes to the beekeeper who made it. With that money, they buy supplies and food for the bees.