John,

Last year was one of the deadliest on record for bees. Nearly half of all honeybee colonies were lost, while a quarter of wild bee species are teetering on the edge of extinction.1,2

We need to be doing everything in our power to help save the bees.

That's why we're making it one of our highest priorities in the year ahead to convince Amazon, the world's #1 online retailer, to stop selling bee-killing pesticides once and for all.

We've set an ambitious goal of raising $200,000 before midnight on Dec. 31 to help save the bees.

Will you make a year-end donation to help save the bees?

Bees are critical pollinators, vital to the health of wild flowering plants and the food we eat, including nuts, fruits and vegetables.3

But our best pollinators are dying, and a class of deadly pesticides called neonicotinoids are a big culprit.

Researchers have found that neonicotinoid pesticides impair bees' ability to reproduce and harm baby bumblebee brains. Bees exposed to these chemicals face uncontrollable shaking, paralysis and death.4,5,6

Bees can't survive the rampant use of toxic pesticides, and we need to do all we can to protect them.

Donate to our Year-End Drive to help us protect bees from deadly pesticides.

As long as neonicotinoid pesticides are available for same-day delivery from Amazon at the click of a mouse, bees won't be safe.

The reason we're focusing on Amazon is that as the world's largest online marketplace, Amazon has tremendous market power and reach into all 50 states.

We're working to convince Amazon to take bee-killing pesticides off its virtual store shelves, while we keep up our work to tackle climate change, defend our forests from logging, and protect our last wild places.

Will you donate today to help convince Amazon to stop selling bee-killing pesticides?

Thank you,

Ellen Montgomery

1. Seth Borenstein, "Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population," Associated Press, June 22, 2023.
2. Benji Jones, "Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are.," Vox, January 19, 2023.
3. Brianna Randall, "The Value of Birds and Bees," U.S. Department of Agriculture, June 22, 2020.
4. Douglas Main, "Insecticides can reduce bee fertility, causing lasting harm across generations," National Geographic, November 22, 2021.
5. Katie Hunt, "Pesticides damage the brains of baby bees, new research finds," CNN, March 3, 2020.
6. Oliver Milman, "Fears for bees as US set to extend use of toxic pesticides that paralyse insects," The Guardian, March 8, 2022.

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