henever you see a bee, most of the time it will look like it’s on a mission. This mission usually involves collecting food for itself – and likely others in its hive – to survive on. What you may not be aware of is that this bee’s mission is also a mission on your behalf. Every time a bee travels from one flower to another, it’s carrying out pollination, spreading tiny grains of pollen between flowers and enabling the plants' life cycle to continue. This makes bees crucial creatures in maintaining biodiversity, as many plants would become extinct without outside help. Although they aren’t the only pollinators on our planet, plant life without bees would be a lot more dull. Our diets would be much less nutritious if some natural foodstuffs were to cease to exist, while landscapes would lack colour, as bees
THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES
Mar 16, 2023
5 minutes
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