Honey bees, originally from Europe, are an invasive species in America. Their presence disrupts local ecosystems and outcompetes native pollinators like bumblebees and solitary bees. This can lead to a decline in biodiversity and negatively impact native plant species that rely on indigenous pollinators. Removing honey bees will help restore ecological balance and protect our native species. Please sign this petition to support the removal of honey bees from American ecosystems.

Honey bees are considered to be helpful pollinators, however they actually destroy the population of native bees like bumblebees who are many times more efficient at pollination than honey bees. We have all been told that the bees are dying but honey bees are the wrong ones to save. The honey bee population is thriving while many native bees are struggling. 

Bees aren't all the same. The honey bee has become the accepted definition of bee and yet there are an estimated 20,000 species of bees. Some aren't yellow. Some can't sting. Yet when we think of bees we think of honey bees. Bees are an important part of pollination but honeybees aren't who we should donate to.

Not only do honeybees do nothing to help pollination, they also kill off native bees and ecosystems. One way honey bees manage to stay alive are the fact they can take nectar from almost any flower. They take all the nectar from native flowers and leave none for the native bees that can only eat nectar from that specific species of flower. This is just one way honey bees kill off native bees. Like all invasive species honey bees are a threat to the ecosystem they were never welcome to. Plants pollinated by honey bees can be used to the more efficient pollination of native bees and can suffer from the mediocre pollination of honey bees. Unfortunately honey bees are agricultural animals so they are protected by beekeepers. Please inform any beekeepers you know about this so they can reconsider their business choice.