Bees play a vital role in the food chain. Nearly one third of the food we eat relies on insect pollination, the majority of which is accomplished by bees, and 90% of the leading global crop types are visited by bees. Insect pollination contributes £690 million per year to the UK economy and around £120 billion per year globally.
Whilst bees are not the world’s only pollinators – flies, wasps, moths, beetles and even some birds, bats and lizards all pollinate – these creatures only do so to feed themselves. Bees stand out as pollinators because they generally visit many more flowers, which makes them much more effective.
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