Facts about bees and pollinators.

  • Besides Apis Mellifera, there are other 11 known honeybees species and hundreds of stingless bees. In many cases, these bees have spiritual and cultural significance, medicinal purposes or are used as environmental indicators.
  • Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats, pollinate 87 leading food crops worldwide.
  • Around 10 percent of the total economic value of agricultural output for human food is dependent on insect pollination.
  • About three quarters of the food we eat depend, at least in part, on pollinators.
  • Almost 90 percent of the world’s flowering wild plants (approximately 308 000 species) depend, to varying degrees, on pollinators for their reproduction.
  • Over 200 000 species of animals are pollinators; the vast majority of them are wild and include more than 20 000 species of bees.
  • Pollination enables the production of an abundance of diverse and nutritious fruits, vegetables, and nut
  • species.
  • Protecting bees and other pollinators is one of the pillars of the transformative change needed for agroecological transitions and sustainable agriculture.

 


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