Friend,

Can you help us reach our Year-End Drive goal before the ball drops?

Bee-killing pesticides blanket so many of the places that bees turn to for shelter and food.

Wild, native bee species are left unprotected and on their own. A tiny, fuzzy bee drifting on the wind is powerless to stop the barrage of toxic chemicals coating its favorite flowers.

But you can speak up for the bees and help keep them safe.

We need the whole Environment Colorado hive to come together to protect bees. Donate tonight to help keep bees safe. And when you give before midnight tonight, your gift will have twice the impact, up to $100,000 nationwide.

We're going to do everything we can to save the bees.

Thank you for all you do,

Ellen Montgomery
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From: Environment Colorado <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Dec 30, 2022
Subject: A bee is left alone, hungry and poisoned
To: Friend <[email protected]>

There's only one day left in our Year-End Drive, Friend. We're working to protect the thousands of native bee species who are losing their homes and being inundated with toxic pesticides, and we need your help.

Our records show we haven't received your gift yet. Will you donate now to help save the bees?

Some bees work together in colonies and live in hives. But most native bees are solitary, fending for themselves.1

The life of a lone native bee is tough, and it's becoming even tougher. Wild bee habitat is shrinking, leaving solo bees with fewer flowers and nesting spots. Bees are losing their homes and going hungry.2

Not to mention the toxic pesticides that blanket so many of the places that bees turn to for shelter and nourishment. So many of our farms, gardens, lawns and potentially even wildlife refuges are covered with pesticides that are known to kill bees.

Bees just can't catch a break.

Without a hive to lean on, these independent bees need our help even more. We need the entire Environment Colorado hive to come together for every bee struggling to survive.

Will you donate to help a lonely bee in need?

Right now, native bees are nesting for the winter, hibernating until the spring thaw. And what kind of world awaits them when they wake up?

Will they venture out to stretch their wings and find a cornucopia of diverse, enticing flowers? Or will they see a bland field and be forced to forage from crops that -- unbeknownst to the bee -- have been coated with bee-killing pesticides?

Lonely bees need our help. It's up to us to restore bee-friendly places and stop the worst uses of pesticides that are killing bees.

Until tomorrow at midnight, generous donors will match your gift, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000 nationwide. Join our hive and have twice the impact with a donation today.

Thank you,

Ellen Montgomery

P.S. If you already contributed to our Year-End Drive, thank you! Our system might still be processing your gift.

1. Ken Johnson, "'Bee' on the lookout for native bees this summer," My Journal Courier, May 30, 2022.
2. Olivia Kline and Neelendra K. Joshi, "Mitigating the Effects of Habitat Loss on Solitary Bees in Agricultural Ecosystems," Agriculture, April 5, 2020.

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.