Love for Almond Milk Killing Bees?

I don’t know about you, but me personally… I love almond milk. Ever since I gave up on products that contained soy, Almond had been my alternative. So when I caught an article online that said my obsession of almond milk products has a deadly effect on bees, I was astonished. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s. One of the problems stems from the lack of diversity of the almond orchards themselves, being mono culture the bees need more plant diversity to be healthy. Another big problem is that almond orchards are sprayed heavily with pesticides, and with the bee population being so high, they tend to spread disease. The world (which includes me) will continue to consume almond milk, but there are options called “Better Bees” which help out. So just a little to think about the next time you’re get your next carton.