Bee Protection Across America
Protect Bees. Restore Habitat. Strengthen Our Future.
Honey bees and native bees support farms, gardens, wildflowers, and healthy ecosystems. Learn what threatens them and how practical action can help.
Why Protection Matters
Bees Connect Flowers, Food, and Healthy Landscapes
Bees move pollen between flowers, helping plants reproduce and produce seeds, fruits, and new growth. Protecting them supports both managed agriculture and the native plant communities wildlife depend on.
Bee Conservation Includes More Than Honey Bees
Managed honey bees are important agricultural pollinators, but they are only one part of a much larger community. Bumblebees, mason bees, leafcutter bees, mining bees, squash bees, sweat bees, and many other native species also perform essential pollination.
Each species has different nesting, forage, and seasonal needs. Effective conservation protects diverse flowers, clean water, healthy soil, nesting materials, and safe habitat throughout the year.
Pressures Facing Pollinators
The Biggest Threats Often Work Together
Habitat loss, limited forage, pesticide exposure, climate extremes, pests, and disease can overlap—leaving bees with fewer resources and less resilience.
Habitat Loss
Development, intensive mowing, and simplified landscapes remove flowers, nesting sites, shelter, and the connected spaces bees need.
Pesticide Exposure
Insecticides and poorly timed applications can harm bees directly, contaminate forage, and weaken their ability to navigate and reproduce.
Nutrition Gaps
Bees need overlapping bloom from early spring through fall. Long periods without diverse nectar and pollen create serious stress.
Pests, Disease, and Weather
Varroa mites and disease threaten managed colonies while drought, heat, flooding, and shifting seasons disrupt forage and nesting.
Practical Protection
Six Ways to Help Bees Where You Live
Small, consistent choices become meaningful conservation when homes, schools, farms, businesses, and communities act together.
Plant Native Flowers
Choose locally appropriate plants with different colors, shapes, and bloom periods so bees have food across the growing season.
Reduce Pesticide Risk
Use prevention and nonchemical controls first. When treatment is necessary, follow the label and avoid spraying blooms or active bees.
Protect Nesting Places
Leave some bare soil, hollow stems, leaf litter, dead wood, and undisturbed corners for ground- and cavity-nesting native bees.
Provide Clean Water
Offer shallow water with stones or landing surfaces, refresh it regularly, and prevent standing water from becoming a mosquito habitat.
Apoye a los apicultores responsables
Learn how managed hives are monitored, fed, and protected from mites and disease while respecting surrounding native pollinators.
Teach and Advocate
Share accurate information, support pollinator-friendly public spaces, and help schools and neighbors take practical conservation steps.
Protection Through Action
Explore Save The Bees USA Programs
Our programs connect pollinator education, habitat restoration, responsible beekeeping, and community conservation.
Restaurar el hábitat de los polinizadores
Create lasting food, shelter, and nesting opportunities for bees and other pollinators.
Apoye a los apicultores responsables
Strengthen colony health through observation, education, and informed hive management.
Educar a la próxima generación
Help students and communities understand bees, pollination, and conservation.
Expandir la conservación de polinizadores
Turn awareness into local action that supports healthier landscapes across America.
Every Action Builds Habitat
Help Bees Thrive in Your Community
Plant a pollinator garden, support a school program, sponsor a hive, or help fund conservation work that reaches communities across the United States.
Protect Pollinators Today
Healthy Bee Populations Begin With Healthy Places
Help expand pollinator habitat, practical education, responsible beekeeping, and community conservation across America.