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These samples show how a campaign will look.
These entries come from prototype fixtures. They are not live campaigns and their figures are not proof of support. The photos are stock images from the media pack. They do not show these hives. Photo credits are on the About page.
Western Honey Bee
Restoring pollinator corridors between vineyards and native chaparral in Sonoma County.
$312 raised of $500 goal
Sample figures, not live totals
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
A rooftop apiary shared by four community gardens along the Hudson River.
$178 raised of $500 goal
Sample figures, not live totals
Southern Plains Bumble Bee
Protecting native wildflower fields that bloom across the Texas Hill Country each spring.
$421 raised of $500 goal
Sample figures, not live totals
Mason Bee
Reintroducing native mason bees to reforested land at the edge of the Cascades.
$96 raised of $500 goal
Sample figures, not live totals
Melipona beecheii (stingless)
Preserving the sacred stingless bee traditions of Mayan beekeepers in the Yucatán.
$267 raised of $500 goal
Sample figures, not live totals
European Dark Bee
Rebuilding traditional hedgerows that support Britain's most vulnerable native bees.
$344 raised of $500 goal
Sample figures, not live totals
Process
We assign each live campaign one stage at a time. These names describe the process, not the sample campaigns on this page.
Stage names match the product definitions. The prototype data assigns no stage to the sample campaigns on this page.
Before you support
Support or adoption under the selected offer does not transfer hive ownership.
Save The Bees is a for-profit company. Support is not a charitable donation and is not tax deductible unless we identify a separate eligible partner.
Before a campaign accepts payments, it must explain its failed-goal policy.
We may share the general area of a hive. An exact location can stay private.
What is changing
Since 1987, world production of fruit, vegetables, and tree nuts has grown 176%. World population has grown 62%. Reported U.S. honey bee hives have fallen 22%.
Context figures, not Adopt The Bees impact measures.
The values are world production in tonnes, the sum of FAO Fruit Primary, Vegetables Primary, and Treenuts. The sum does not include cereals. The groups include some crops, such as bananas, that set fruit with little animal pollination. The figures are production, not a measure of unmet demand.
The values are the World Bank total population of the world, indicator SP.POP.TOTL. We round each value to a whole person.
The values are U.S. honey-producing colonies from the USDA NASS survey. They are not the world count of managed hives. FAO reports that world hive stocks rose. This figure is the U.S. count, which fell. It does not include wild bees, and it does not include colonies kept only for pollination. The page calls each colony a hive.
| Year | World fruit, vegetables, and tree nuts | Change since 1987 | World population | Change since 1987 | U.S. honey bee hives | Change since 1987 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 781,685,189 | 0% | 5,026,770,385 | 0% | 3,316,000 | 0% |
| 1988 | 792,539,992 | +1% | 5,116,898,810 | +2% | 3,370,000 | +2% |
| 1989 | 814,569,661 | +4% | 5,207,378,374 | +4% | 3,528,000 | +6% |
| 1990 | 825,880,233 | +6% | 5,298,962,018 | +5% | 3,220,000 | −3% |
| 1991 | 826,547,389 | +6% | 5,388,203,305 | +7% | 3,211,000 | −3% |
| 1992 | 865,850,884 | +11% | 5,476,822,930 | +9% | 3,045,000 | −8% |
| 1993 | 910,176,014 | +16% | 5,564,459,142 | +11% | 2,875,000 | −13% |
| 1994 | 934,776,861 | +20% | 5,650,534,421 | +12% | 2,783,000 | −16% |
| 1995 | 977,736,810 | +25% | 5,736,205,135 | +14% | 2,655,000 | −20% |
| 1996 | 1,038,451,969 | +33% | 5,822,327,903 | +16% | 2,581,000 | −22% |
| 1997 | 1,069,206,275 | +37% | 5,908,180,322 | +18% | 2,631,000 | −21% |
| 1998 | 1,090,557,625 | +40% | 5,993,730,786 | +19% | 2,637,000 | −20% |
| 1999 | 1,169,877,641 | +50% | 6,078,069,822 | +21% | 2,652,000 | −20% |
| 2000 | 1,259,747,726 | +61% | 6,161,528,496 | +23% | 2,622,000 | −21% |
| 2001 | 1,288,221,246 | +65% | 6,244,739,668 | +24% | 2,550,000 | −23% |
| 2002 | 1,327,984,562 | +70% | 6,327,171,255 | +26% | 2,574,000 | −22% |
| 2003 | 1,364,589,817 | +75% | 6,409,352,386 | +28% | 2,599,000 | −22% |
| 2004 | 1,410,897,586 | +80% | 6,492,354,627 | +29% | 2,554,000 | −23% |
| 2005 | 1,453,337,067 | +86% | 6,575,410,029 | +31% | 2,409,000 | −27% |
| 2006 | 1,509,675,868 | +93% | 6,659,536,021 | +32% | 2,394,000 | −28% |
| 2007 | 1,553,936,614 | +99% | 6,744,049,498 | +34% | 2,443,000 | −26% |
| 2008 | 1,606,614,501 | +106% | 6,830,080,867 | +36% | 2,342,000 | −29% |
| 2009 | 1,651,937,742 | +111% | 6,916,168,196 | +38% | 2,498,000 | −25% |
| 2010 | 1,689,678,433 | +116% | 7,000,860,073 | +39% | 2,692,000 | −19% |
| 2011 | 1,742,163,345 | +123% | 7,086,704,141 | +41% | 2,491,000 | −25% |
| 2012 | 1,777,962,235 | +127% | 7,176,482,165 | +43% | 2,539,000 | −23% |
| 2013 | 1,831,096,307 | +134% | 7,265,404,737 | +45% | 2,641,000 | −20% |
| 2014 | 1,878,312,006 | +140% | 7,353,532,223 | +46% | 2,741,000 | −17% |
| 2015 | 1,933,728,956 | +147% | 7,441,084,771 | +48% | 2,661,000 | −20% |
| 2016 | 1,938,719,024 | +148% | 7,528,221,579 | +50% | 2,780,000 | −16% |
| 2017 | 1,960,295,978 | +151% | 7,613,788,655 | +51% | 2,684,000 | −19% |
| 2018 | 1,993,241,389 | +155% | 7,696,159,728 | +53% | 2,828,000 | −15% |
| 2019 | 2,028,313,282 | +159% | 7,777,162,476 | +55% | 2,812,000 | −15% |
| 2020 | 2,057,113,404 | +163% | 7,853,863,139 | +56% | 2,706,000 | −18% |
| 2021 | 2,100,407,938 | +169% | 7,919,567,995 | +58% | 2,697,000 | −19% |
| 2022 | 2,121,574,173 | +171% | 7,988,550,201 | +59% | 2,667,000 | −20% |
| 2023 | 2,143,433,012 | +174% | 8,062,923,417 | +60% | 2,532,000 | −24% |
| 2024 | 2,154,330,393 | +176% | 8,140,897,523 | +62% | 2,597,000 | −22% |
Mission, places, impact
Adopt The Bees is the first consumer platform to launch from Save The Bees. The platform connects customers to real community beehives, local stories, and program support.
Find your city on our cities page.
We do not publish an impact figure on this page. Platform impact will come from published campaigns only.
Read how we report numbers on the About page.