Shocking Facts• Pesticides are a major threat to bees. The systemic poisoning of flowers has killed scores of bees.• Were simply losing too many of them. The bees and butterflies among others are pollinators and they represent a natural tour de force in perpetuating plant cycles and evolution.• You see, they do cross pollination naturally. More than 25% of the bee colonies died in winter 2006/07. That translates to a loss of tens of billions of bees.• And its estimated that this loss will negatively impact the agricultural economy to the tune of $8 to $12 billion.