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The Importance of BEEing a BEE

Bees, Blog
Importance of beeing a BEE Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax Bees are a monophyletic lineage Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea and are...

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The Importance of Beeing a Bee

Bees, Conservation, Countryside, Pollination, Uncategorized

Bees are the world’s top pollinators. After 100 million years of evolution, bees are the perfect pollinators. Their longstanding relationship with plants makes them perfectly adapted to recognize flowers and collect pollen; the length of a bee’s tongue is even adapted to what flower they feed on. Bee pollination is important both ecologically and commercially, and the decline in wild bees…

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