Honey bee flying over crocuses

The humble honey bee may be small, but this hard worker from the Apidae family has a huge effect on the food we eat. According to the United Nations, pollinators like the honey bee are responsible, at least in part, for three out of four crops across the globe producing fruits or seeds for use as human food. And tens of thousands of flowering plants, like the crocuses in today’s photo, would not exist if it weren’t for bees.
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