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Just wanted to remind everyone — now that we are winding down the summer season with all its wonderful fresh fruits — that desserts like blueberry pie, strawberry pie, apple pie, and cherry pie could become less available if bee colonies continue to dwindle. Not to mention all the vegetables, nuts, flowers, and trees that will also suffer if we don’t take care of our most industrious pollinators. Bees have been around for millions of years and have never needed our help to survive. Now they do.