About Us 🐝
We are an aspiring conservation group that are aiming to educate individuals the significance of endangered pollinators like the American Bumblebee or Miami Blue Butterfly (and many more others) in efforts to save our world.
Why Should I Care?
Because if they’re endangered that means we’re in danger.
Florida leafwing butterfly
Fun Facts about Pollinators
- About 1/3 of food and beverages is brought by pollinators.
- U.S. pollination makes nearly 20 billion dollars worth of products annually.
- They are keystone species which means that they are critical to an ecosystem.
- There are about 200,000 pollinators species.
- Habitat loss, fragmentation, pesticides, and climate change are causing pollinator population to lessened/ threatened.
(credits to https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/Pollination-Fast-Facts-General.pdf for the fast facts about pollination).
Endangered or Threatened Pollinators displayed in the masonry gallery include: Mariana Fruit Bat, Rusty Patched Bumblebee, Kern Primrose Sphinx Moth, Island marble butterfly, Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle, and lastly the Akohekohe or Crested Honeycreeper. (Credit for the list: https://www.fws.gov/pollinators/programs/endangered.html and credit to those who own the marvelous photos.)
What we are hoping to achieve as a group:
A greener environment where the endangered list of insects pollinators are lessened because of outstanding comprehension of their important role that aids us in survival. We aspire to inspire many individuals to contribute back to the environment. Our main priority is to spread awareness and recruit attentive individuals that care for the environment and humankind.
” What I stand for is what I stand on.”
– Wendell Berry
Pollinators Conservation Group 