Conservation Column Apr 2014: The Birds and the Bees (and the Flowers and the Trees)
Posted on Tuesday, April 1st, 2014Spring is in the air—time to talk about the birds and the bees. Perhaps not “the talk” that first springs to mind, but rather the one about pollinators and how important they are to life on earth (not to mention their financial impact worth over $15 billion in crop value each year). It’s also time to consider why so many populations of bees and birds are in serious decline.