If we woke up one day and there were no bees left, people would pay attention. Yet the steady eradication of our life-giving insects is no less horrifying, points out George McGavin.
Pull back the bark of a rotting log, examine a handful of soil or simply sit quietly and gaze at the comings and goings in a patch of wildflowers. Whatever you are looking at is not trivial — it is a very important part of the biological mechanism of life on Earth. The small creatures…