Friend,

Nearly 1 in 4 native bee species -- including bumblebees and blueberry bees -- is imperiled.1

Dangerous bee-killing pesticides, called neonics, are flooding bees' habitats and devastating their populations. When a bee encounters neonics, it's exposed to dangerous neurotoxins that make it hard to find its way home.2

Lost out in the cold, a bee can't bring pollen back to its hive. It can't mate and replenish bee populations. It can't survive.

If we stop the worst uses of neonics, we can help make sure bees make it home. But neonics are pervasive, and we're up against stiff opposition. It'll take the whole Environment Colorado hive to help save these powerful pollinators.

We've set a goal of raising $200,000 by midnight on Dec. 31. Donate to our Year-End Drive today to help save the bees and keep all of our campaigns going strong in the year ahead.

Thank you,

Rex Wilmouth
Senior Program Director

1. Maryellen Kennedy Duckett, "Nature needs us to act," National Geographic, March 4, 2020.
2. Simone Tosi, Giovanni Burgio and James C. Nieh, "A common neonicotinoid pesticide, thiamethoxam, impairs honey bee flight ability," Science Reports, April 26, 2017.

Your donation will be used to support all of our campaigns to protect the environment, from saving the bees and protecting public lands, to standing up for clean water and fighting climate change. None of our work would be possible without supporters like you. Environment Colorado may transfer up to $50 per dues-paying member per year into the Environment Colorado Small Donor Committee.