Save the Bees!
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Did you know that without bees, one-third of your grocery store would be empty?! Bees are the most important pollinators and they need our help!
The Zombie Fly, Apocephalus borealis, is responsible for the deaths of large numbers of bees. The fly was only discovered in 2008, so there is very little knowledge about it right now, including how wide-spread the parasitations from them are. That's where you come in!
San Francisco State University is researching this subject, and your money will go towards helping us create and distribute light traps to help track the infections and/or helping fund their research directly.
We are an FLL robotics team from Minnesota studying human-animal relationships and we recently found out about this pressing problem. We want to help.
We are asking for money to make and distribute light traps for free in order to get more tests on the map. These light traps attract the infected bees (called ZomBees) that fly around at night and are disoriented (unlike normal bees that stay in their hives at night).
Not enough testing is a big problem! There are 9 states that have no tests in them at all, and many only have one. In South Dakota, for example, there is only one test and it is near the border of Minnesota. It shows a infection, but as there are no other tests in that area, we have no idea if the rest of the state or neighboring areas in MN are parasitized as well.
Your help is needed! These light traps help track the infected bees and we want to get them out to as many people as possible. We need these funds quickly as it is almost winter. The bees (and our food supply) need your help. What will YOU do?
Please donate to our cause! Every dollar helps! Get involved!
Thanks!
The JP2 Rockslides
www.SherCoFIRST.org/JP2-Rockslides
You can find out more information about the San Francisco State University research on their website: www.zombeewatch.org
The Zombie Fly, Apocephalus borealis, is responsible for the deaths of large numbers of bees. The fly was only discovered in 2008, so there is very little knowledge about it right now, including how wide-spread the parasitations from them are. That's where you come in!
San Francisco State University is researching this subject, and your money will go towards helping us create and distribute light traps to help track the infections and/or helping fund their research directly.
We are an FLL robotics team from Minnesota studying human-animal relationships and we recently found out about this pressing problem. We want to help.
We are asking for money to make and distribute light traps for free in order to get more tests on the map. These light traps attract the infected bees (called ZomBees) that fly around at night and are disoriented (unlike normal bees that stay in their hives at night).
Not enough testing is a big problem! There are 9 states that have no tests in them at all, and many only have one. In South Dakota, for example, there is only one test and it is near the border of Minnesota. It shows a infection, but as there are no other tests in that area, we have no idea if the rest of the state or neighboring areas in MN are parasitized as well.
Your help is needed! These light traps help track the infected bees and we want to get them out to as many people as possible. We need these funds quickly as it is almost winter. The bees (and our food supply) need your help. What will YOU do?
Please donate to our cause! Every dollar helps! Get involved!
Thanks!
The JP2 Rockslides
www.SherCoFIRST.org/JP2-Rockslides
You can find out more information about the San Francisco State University research on their website: www.zombeewatch.org
Organizer
Jenni Fuchs
Organizer
Zimmerman, MN
