If you like to eat, you can thank insects—in particular, pollinators such as honeybees, which provide much of the U.S. food supply. But pollinators in the United States have been in crisis for more than a decade.

Beekeepers continue to report major hive losses each year, while many native bees and other pollinating insects are likely in steep decline—for a host of reasons. This week the White House weighed in on how to make things better, releasing a new National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators. 

Meanwhile, are there things the rest of us can do to help relieve pollinators' plight?

Absolutely, says Ed Spevak, curator of invertebrates and director of the Center for Native