8,SAVE THE BEES0 IS THE CONSERVATION SLOGAN THAT SAVED THE WRONG BEE4 ,BORN FROM THE LEGITIMATE ALARM OVER COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER IN #BJJF#JG1 THE PHRASE HARDENED INTO A PUBLIC PICTURE IN WHICH THE THREATENED POLLINATOR WAS THE ,EUROPEAN HONEY BEE THE ONE BEE SPECIES THAT IS MANAGED LIVESTOCK1 RESTOCKED BY ITS KEEPERS1 AND NOWHERE NEAR ENDANGERED WHILE THE ROUGHLY #D1JJJ SPECIES OF NATIVE BEE THAT ACTUALLY ARE DECLINING REMAINED OFF THE POSTER4 ,THE LIVESTOCK PROBLEM ,THE NUMBERS SHOW THE INVERSION PLAINLY4 ,MANAGED ,U4,S4 HONEY BEE COLONIES ARE AT OR NEAR RECORD LEVELS BEEKEEPERS RESPOND TO LOSSES BY SPLITTING SURVIVING HIVES1 AND ANNUAL 8LOSSES0 ARE A COST OF DOING BUSINESS1 NOT A DWINDLING POPULATION4 ,MEANWHILE THE RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLEBEE BECAME THE FIRST BEE IN THE CONTINENTAL ,U4,S4 LISTED UNDER THE ,ENDANGERED ,SPECIES ,ACT IN #BJAG1 ,FRANKLIN'S BUMBLEBEE IS LIKELY EXTINCT1 AND ,XERCES ASSESSMENTS PUT ABOUT A QUARTER OF ,NORTH ,AMERICAN BUMBLEBEE SPECIES AT RISK ALMOST NONE OF IT MAKING THE NEWS A HONEY BEE DIE-OFF DOES4 ,THE ,XERCES ,SOCIETY'S ,AIMEE ,CODE COMPRESSED THE WHOLE ERROR INTO ONE LINE3 KEEPING HONEY BEES TO HELP POLLINATORS IS LIKE KEEPING CHICKENS TO HELP WILD BIRDS4 ,IT IS ACCURATE A HONEY BEE COLONY IS A UNIT OF LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT1 AND ADDING LIVESTOCK DOES NOT CONSERVE WILDLIFE1 PARTICULARLY WHEN THAT LIVESTOCK COMPETES WITH AND INFECTS THE WILD ANIMALS IN QUESTION4 ,WHAT THE MOVEMENT GOT RIGHT ,THE UNDERLYING ALARM WAS NOT WRONG POLLINATORS GENUINELY ARE IN TROUBLE1 FOR HABITAT LOSS1 PESTICIDES "1 DISEASE1 AND CLIMATE4 ,THE ,,CCD ERA'S ENERGY WAS REAL2 ONLY ITS TARGET WAS OFF4 ,AND SOME CONSEQUENCES OF 8SAVE THE BEES0 CULTURE WERE HONEST GOODS3 POLLINATOR PLANTINGS1 REDUCED SPRAYING1 AND PUBLIC ATTENTION TO INSECTS GENERALLY4 ,WHAT ACTUALLY HELPS NATIVE BEES ,THE EVIDENCE-BASED LIST IS UNGLAMOROUS3 "9 ,PLANT NATIVE FLOWERS ESPECIALLY SPECIES BLOOMING IN SPRING AND FALL SHOULDER SEASONS "9 ,STOP SPRAYING NEONICOTINOIDS AND BROAD-SPECTRUM INSECTICIDES ARE THE DOCUMENTED DRIVERS "9 ,LEAVE THE MESS STEMS1 LEAF LITTER1 AND BARE SOIL PATCHES ARE WHERE MOST NATIVE BEES NEST2 FALL CLEANUP DESTROYS NEXT YEAR'S BEES "9 ,MOW LESS THOUGH 8,NO ,MOW ,MAY0 SPECIFICALLY RESTS ON A RETRACTED STUDY AND IS BETTER DESCRIBED AS 8MOW LESS1 GENERALLY0 "9 ,SKIP THE HIVE A NEW HONEY BEE COLONY IS A NEW COMPETITOR AND A NEW PATHOGEN SOURCE IN AN ALREADY-STRESSED LANDSCAPE1 NOT A CONTRIBUTION TO IT "9 ,BEE HOTELS WITH CAVEATS UNMANAGED HOTELS CONCENTRATE PARASITES AND DISEASE2 USEFUL ONLY IF CLEANED AND MAINTAINED ,THE CORPORATE AFTERLIFE 8,SAVE THE BEES0 ALSO BECAME MARKETING CEREAL MASCOTS REMOVED1 HONEY BRANDS IN CONSERVATION FRAMING WITH RESULTS SOMETIMES LITERALLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE "4 ,THE LESSON THE WHOLE ARC TEACHES IS THE ONE THIS ARTICLE SET KEEPS CIRCLING3 THE HONEY BEE IS AGRICULTURE'S ANIMAL2 CONSERVATION'S BEES ARE THE ONES NOBODY IS KEEPING4 ,REFERENCES - ,GELDMANN @& ,GONZLEZ-,VARO 8,CONSERVING HONEY BEES DOES NOT HELP WILDLIFE10 ,SCIENCE "<#BJAH"> - ,,USFWS RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLEBEE ,,ESA LISTING "<#BJAG"> - ,XERCES ,SOCIETY BUMBLEBEE ASSESSMENTS AND PUBLIC GUIDANCE - ,,NASS ,HONEY ,BEE ,COLONIES SURVEYS - 8,NO ,MOW ,MAY0 RETRACTION REPORTING ,SEE ALSO "9 ,HONEY BEES IN ,NORTH ,AMERICA THE KEYSTONE ARTICLE "9 ,NATIVE BEES OF ,NORTH ,AMERICA THE SPECIES THAT NEED IT "9 ,PATHOGEN SPILLOVER IN BEES ,HONEY BEE COMPETITION WITH NATIVE POLLINATORS "9 ,HONEY BEES AND INVASIVE PLANTS ,FERAL HONEY BEE