(CNN) -- There is a lot to love about bees.
They are crucial to growing many of our favorite and healthiest foods as they move pollen from plant to plant, pollinating more than a hundred fruits and vegetables including strawberries, potatoes and apples. Unfortunately, many bee species are under threat as a result of changes in land use, pesticides, intensive agriculture and climate change -- but there are steps you can take to help them thrive.
In honor of World Bee Day on May 20, here are five surprising things you might not know about nature's hardest working pollinators.
I adore them. I REALLY love the fat bumbly ones, though honey bees are wonderful too. People freak out about them... but I find them to be one of those things where if you are respectful, they will be, too.
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ReplyDeleteuptonking & luv chocolate - Absolutely, on both points.
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ReplyDeleteBees are so important that I rescue them out of the pool when they get stuck in the water.
ReplyDeletewhkattk - Thank you for doing that.
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