Conservation Work for Honeybees One out of every three bites of food in the United States depends on honeybees and other pollinators. Honeybees pollinate $15 billion worth of crops each year. Crops include more than 130 fruits and vegetables. American agriculture depends on managed honeybees because they pollinate a wide variety of crops, contributing to food diversity, security, and profitability. Managed honeybees have declined during the past 50 years. Each winter since 2006, about 30 percent of beehives collapsed because of a variety of issues. The United States must work toward conservation of honeybees. Honeybees provide an ecological service in pollinating a variety of food crops. Conservation practices not only help improve honeybee health. They also help improve the quality of water, soil and wildlife habitat. Passage 2 Bring Back the Bees Bees are all different but share an important role as pollinators and honey producers. Multiple stressors in the environment cause a decline in bee health. Take steps to help the bees. Provide a garden of flowering plants from early spring through fall. Build a nest for native bees. Nests are simple to make and can be added to any area of green space. Avoid raking, tilling or mowing your yard until April or May. Most queens live in small holes on or just below the ground's surface over winter. Report the bees you see in your yard or community to Bumble Bee Watch, a new citizen-science project sponsored by the Xerces Society and five North American partners. 1 Select ALL the correct answers. Which two statements show how the points of view of the passages differ? The author of passage 1 thinks the United States should work to conserve honeybees. The author of passage 2 thinks everyone can take steps to conserve bees. The author of passage 1 believes honeybee populations are declining. The author of passage 2 believes that honeybee populations are not declining. The author of passage 1 thinks that honeybees do not improve the environment. The author o