11/25/2025
# # # Save Our Bees for a Sustainable Future! 🐝🌼
Did you know that our nation is facing an alarming decline in bee populations? 📉 Commercial beekeepers are struggling with unprecedented colony losses, and nutrition remains a critical challenge.
**Healthy bees need healthy food!**
Currently, many managed hives are barred from accessing public lands that can provide vital and diverse forage. As we approach Thanksgiving, let's remember: many of our favorite foods—like almonds 🌳, berries 🫐, apples 🍎, and pumpkins 🥧—rely on strong, well-nourished honey bee colonies!
If we don’t act now, these essential staples could be at risk for the future.
# # # 🌟 Take Action Now!
Support policies that allow managed honey bees to forage on public lands alongside native pollinators.
**Why this matters:**
Better nutrition leads to healthier bees, which means a more secure food supply for all of us.
Join the fight to protect our pollinators! 💪✨
linked here:
https://www.californiastatebeekeepers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Final-Executive-Summary-White-Paper-11.12.25.pdf
This year’s CSBA Convention centered around the findings of our new White Paper — developed in response to alarming nationwide colony loss numbers. The data is clear: commercial beekeepers are facing unprecedented declines, and nutrition remains one of the biggest challenges. 🌼 🐝 ‼️
Healthy bees need healthy food.
Yet managed hives are still kept off many public lands that could provide essential, diverse forage.
As we head into Thanksgiving, it’s a reminder that many of the foods we enjoy — almonds🌳, berries🫐, apples🍎, pumpkins🥧 — depend on strong, well-nourished honey bee colonies.
If action isn’t taken, these staples of our holiday tables may not be available in the future.
➡️ Call to Action:
Support policies that allow managed honey bees to forage on public lands, alongside native pollinators.
Why it matters:
Better nutrition = healthier bees and a more secure food supply.
Read more about this in our executive summary linked here:
https://www.californiastatebeekeepers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Final-Executive-Summary-White-Paper-11.12.25.pdf
