Notes: No need to buzz off here! This bee is sweet!
Americans swapped their swatters for scissors back in 1997 in order to help save the U.S. honey bee from extinction. The makers of Honey Nut Cheerios, along with the nation's foremost entomologists (bug scientists) and representatives from the American Honey Producers Association, had launched a national campaign to raise funds to accelerate study of a crisis that threatened to eradicate America's honey bee population and devastate American agriculture. As part of the Honey Nut Cheerios "Save the Honey Bee" campaign, Honey Nut Cheerio’s donated 25 cents for every honey bee clipped from the front of a Honey Nut Cheerios box and mailed to General Mills. The cartoon-like drawing of a honey bee has appeared on the front of Honey Nut Cheerios boxes since 1979, a year after its introduction in 1978. For a fun site try going here. http://www.neopets.com/bee/
