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Save Endangered Bumblebees, Save the Ecosystem
  1. Signatures
    960 out of 1,000
    Petitioning
    1. Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Rowan Gould)
  2. Created By
    Stephanie Feldstein
    Ypsilanti, MI
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Struggling bee populations may seem like a small problem, but between one-third and 90 percent of the commercial food supply relies on honeybee pollination. Lose our bees, lose our next meal.

For the third year in a row, more than one-third of U.S. bee colonies have not survived the winter. The Society for Invertebrate Conservation and University of California at Davis entomologist Robbin Thorp petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the Franklin's bumblebee under the Endangered Species Act. They hope to list other bee species, too, but decided to start with the Franklin's bumblebee because of its well-documented decline: Thorp found 94 Franklin's bumblebees in 1994, but he's seen none since 2006.

Bees are an integral part of our ecosystem and our food system. Urge the U.S. government to grant protection to the little guys before their demise has a big impact on our future.

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Recent Signatures

Please Add Franklin's Bumblebee to the Endangered Species List

Dear Conservationists:

For the third year in a row, more than one-third of U.S. bee colonies have not survived the winter. This is a disturbing trend, considering that between one-third and 90 percent of the commercial food supply relies on honeybee pollination.

The Society for Invertebrate Conservation and University of California at Davis entomologist Robbin Thorp recently petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the Franklin's bumblebee under the Endangered Species Act. The specie's decline is well-documented: Thorp found 94 Franklin's bumblebees in 1994, but he's seen none since 2006.

I urge you to grant protections to the Franklin's bumblebee under the Endangered Species Act.

Bees are an integral part of our ecosystem and our food system. Our survival depends on their survival.

Thank you.

[Your name]

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