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States Enact Polices to Protect Pollinators

Published February 5, 2019 at 2:00 PM CST
A study by an international biodiversity research group found that nearly 40 percent of the world's insect pollinators are at risk of extinction. 
A study by an international biodiversity research group found that nearly 40 percent of the world's insect pollinators are at risk of extinction. 

Researchers have found that state legislatures are not doing enough to protect important pollinators like bees and butterflies. As Brian Grimmett reports for the Kansas News Service, Kansas and Missouri are among states with laws to protect bees and butterflies but experts on pollinating insects say those policies are only a beginning.
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