Bees exposed to pesticides do poor job of pollinating.

[Catherine]

There are places where bans are in place and people are working hard to protect bees. 

Oddly a big city like Toronto is bee friendly. We banned pesticides, people are planting bee/butterfly gardens and there are hives being looked after on the rooves of a number of high-rises. There are a number of bee rescue groups  and beekeeper cooperatives. There are even stores selling natural bee products like hand made soaps using honey and of course special honeys.

I have a number of kinds of wild bees in my garden and I want to built them a nesting area in the spring.
Bees are in trouble, but a lot of people want to help them.