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Pollinators are key to our production of fruits and vegetables. If you are old enough, you probably remember seeing honey bees in your yard. Unfortunately today, we have a growing shortage of honey bees worldwide. There is something you can do to counteract this shortage of honey bees other than becoming a beekeeper. Your part in the solution is really quite simple. Colony Collapse Disorder was first recognized in honey bee colonies in 2006. It is a mysterious plague that destroys honey bee colonies. CCD occurs when the majority of worker bees in a bee colony disappear, leaving behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees. Several possible causes of CCD have been investigated. The possible causes of CCD may be a complex of factors including: pesticides, pathogens, climate change, migratory beekeeping, lost genetic diversity in industrial apiculture, malnutrition, electromagnetic radiation and GMO crops. In the year ending April