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DESCRIPTION:Be a part of the Project Pollinate strategizing committee and join us as we 
 discuss the next steps on the local and regional level to address the 
 issues facing native bee species in California, Hawaii and North America in 
 general.\n\nTuesday May 16th\n7:00pm\n@ the Project Pollinate HIVE\n703 
 Pacific Ave. Santa Cruz, CA\n----------\nHundreds of bee species inch 
 closer to extinction — \nPublished: Thursday, March 2, 2017\nOver 700 of 
 the 4,000 native bee species in North America and Hawaii are getting closer 
 to extinction, according to a new study.\n\nThe study, from the Center for 
 Biological Diversity, cites increased pesticide use and habitat loss as 
 reasons for the declines.\n\n"It's a quiet but staggering crisis unfolding 
 right under our noses that illuminates the unacceptably high cost of our 
 careless addiction to pesticides and monoculture farming," author Kelsey 
 Kopec said in a statement.\n\nOf the 1,437 native bee species for which the 
 authors had enough data to analyze, the report found 749 to be declining. 
 The study also found that of those 749 species, some 347 are imperiled and 
 at risk of extinction.\n\nLast month, the rusty patched bumblebee gained 
 endangered status from the federal government, becoming the first wild bee 
 in the continental United States to be listed as endangered (Greenwire, 
 Jan. 10).\n\nThe study also cites climate change and increasing 
 urbanization as causes of the declining populations (Gina Cherelus, 
 Reuters, March 1). — CS\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/15/18799440.php
SUMMARY:Bee Advocacy Meet Up and Planning Session
LOCATION:Project: Pollinate\n703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/15/18799440.php
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