GENEVA — Gov. Kathy Hochul has until Dec. 22 to sign the Birds and Bees Protection Act into law, which both houses of the State Legislature approved in August.
Without Hochul’s swift action, New York State honeybee colonies will continue to log record losses, and 40-60 percent of the state’s native bees and other pollinators will remain at risk of disappearing.
If we are going to save the planet, we need to start by saving the bees. Bees and other pollinators are responsible for one in every three bites of food we eat . . .