Industrial agriculture, parasites, pathogens, and climate change all contribute to the death of the worlds pollinators. In particular, insecticides pose a direct risk to bees and other wild pollinators. In 1945, there were 4.5 milllion bees in the United States. Today, there are less then 2 million. It’s been a subtle decline over time, but one that has dramatically accelerated over the past 7 years