The bees could really use some avail . In the last 10 years , a phenomenon calledColony Collapse Disorder(CCD ) has killed off Brobdingnagian numbers of Apis mellifera around the humanity . It ’s normal for beekeeper to lose 10–15 percentage of their hive each wintertime , but begin in 2006 , apiarist start report loss of 30–90 percent . Scientists believe CCD may be due to a combining ofpesticides , parasites , and a decline in wildflowersas more and more terra firma is produce .
This is where Seedles arrive in . Each " bomb calorimeter " contains wildflower seeds packed in compost and brilliantly dark-skinned Lucius Clay . " Planting " them is gentle : You just throw them on the ground and hold back for the rain , sun , and dirt to do their piece of work . The confect - colored semen bombs " much grow themselves , " tell the company’swebsite .
There are six varieties , one for each region of the country , so bee lover can be sure to plant native flowers that will thrive in their sphere .
Seedles are the inspiration of San Francisco ’s Ei Ei Khin and Chris Burley , a couple who ab initio hope they could get people to institute a million prime . They exceed that number in 2014 . In an email tomental_floss , Burley ( now the company ’s " pollinator - in - honcho " ) suppose they ’ve since set their vision higher : a billion flowers for the bees .
Khin and Burley are especially implicated about the interdependence between honeybees and our food supply . Of 100 major American crops,70 are pollinate by bee ; without them , we might not have apples , Amygdalus communis , carrots , or avocados . To promote interest and sentience in the predicament of the bees , Seedles spouse with local food company to give out free cum bomb .
Because they ’re pretty , simple , nontoxic , and foolproof , the seed bombs make with child educational tools . Kids like Khin and Burley ’s two - class - old son , Orion , love chucking the little clay chunk .
All effigy courtesy of Seedles
