Bees have a major impact on us environmentally,  economically, and even provide us with medical benefits. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nation, 80% of flowering species are pollinated by animals and insects such as bees. Animal and insect-based pollination accounts for 30% of global food production. According to studies, the UK would cost 1.8bn Euros a year to manually pollinate their crops. Bees also help us medically as they help produce plant-derived medicines such as aspirin and morphine. They also produce venom and honey which is used in various moisturizers and serums to reduce inflammation in the skin and wrinkles. But over the last decade, the population of bees has drastically been dropping. A loss of honeybees at a rate of 40% annually happened in the USA and Uk. We have also lost 45% of commercial honeybees since 2010.  
One of the major threats to honeybees is the usage of pesticides such as neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids are a new class of insecticide related to nicotine. Seeds treated with a neonicotinoid can be protected for over 10 weeks, the most vulnerable stage in a plant's life, they also reduce the need for multiple pesticide sprays.  

Neonicotinoids can be absorbed by plants and can be present in pollen and nectar, the primary source of protein for bees and other pollinators, which makes them toxic to bees. Neonicotinoids affect the nervous system of insects, the ability for them to fly and navigate, reduction in taste sensitivity, etc., All of which affect the ability of bees in hive productivity  

Neonicotinoids have been banned in 8 EU countries, including the UK. The government in the UK is now authorizing one type of neonicotinoid, thiamethoxam, which is used on sugar beets in England in 2022 because of the risk of the yellow virus, which can severely damage crops. To minimize the risk to bees' farmers are banned from growing flowering plants for 32 months after the sugar beet crop. 
 
We should come together to spread awareness of the harmful effects of pesticides on honeybees, without bees manual pollination will cost billions of dollars and the lack of honey will significantly reduce the treatment of autoimmune skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. 
 
Sign this petition to spread awareness of the importance of bees and the significant consequences of using pesticides