When pesticides poison a tiny bee, it's an all-out assault on the bee's nervous system. The bee's senses get scrambled, and it becomes too disoriented to find its way home. As the neurotoxic pesticide takes hold, paralysis can set in, and the bee dies.[1]
We're working to put a stop to the worst uses of bee-killing pesticides.
There are only a few hours left in our Year-End Drive, John. To help save the bees, generous donors will match your donation, up to $100,000 nationwide, until midnight tonight.
Don't miss your chance to take advantage of the match opportunity. Donate now to have your gift matched, up to $100,000 nationwide.
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1. 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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John,
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Name: John xxxxxx
Environment Colorado Member Number: 742-5536966
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Year-End Drive Status
Goal: $200,000
Deadline: Midnight, December 31
Current Progress: 70% to goal
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We need the whole Environment Colorado hive with us as we work to protect bees from deadly pesticides, habitat loss and more in the year ahead.
Will you donate to help us save the bees? If you donate before midnight, it will be MATCHED dollar for dollar, up to $100,000 nationwide.
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Winter is hard on bees. Some stick together, huddling in a buzzing ball to stay warm in their hive. Others undertake a long hibernation alone in their nests.[1] But even when the earth thaws, spring won't bring much relief.
As green shoots poke up from the ground and buds appear on branches, bees will once again be faced with an old enemy: deadly pesticides.
Neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics) scramble bees' brains and assault their nervous systems -- and the impact of the widespread uses of neonics is reverberating across our ecosystems.[2] Nearly a quarter of wild bumblebee species in the U.S. are teetering on the brink of extinction.[3]
To help save the bees, we need to make sure we go into the new year with all the resources we can -- and that's where you come in.
Donate today to have your gift matched by generous donors. If you give before midnight, you'll double your impact for the bees.
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We're making progress. This year, Environment Colorado won a law restricting bee-killing pesticides, now one of 10 states to do so. But we need to go even bigger and even bolder for the bees next year.
We're going to raise a call on Amazon to stop selling bee-killing pesticides that's too loud to be ignored.
We're going to keep seizing time-sensitive opportunities to deliver public comments from supporters like you to the Environmental Protection Agency, urging it to ban the worst uses of these pesticides nationwide.
And we're going to continue to call on state leaders to act on neonics and to plant more bee-friendly habitat on public lands.
But to do all this and more, we need the whole Environment Colorado hive to stand with us. Will you donate to our Year-End Drive before the deadline at midnight tonight? For one day only, your donation will be matched up to $100,000 nationwide.
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Thank you,
Ellen Montgomery
1. Angeli Gabriel, "Where do bees go in the winter?," FOX Weather, February 5, 2023.
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2. 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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3. Benji Jones, "Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are.," Vox, January 19, 2023.
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