Soldier bees, discovered in 2012, work as security guards their whole life. They do so by transferring pollen between flowering plants and so keep the cycle of life turning. If you not familiar with what I’m referring to, it is explained, in depth, in Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie. In fact, one study claims the global economic loss if bees disappeared would be $5.7 billion annually.

The worker bee and the queen bee are both female, but only the queen bee can reproduce. Scout bees, which search for new sources of food, are wired for adventure. All drones are male. The vast majority of plants we need for food rely on pollination, especially by bees: from almonds and vanilla and apples to squashes. Bees pollinate 90% of all flowering crops in the US. The queen is the only bee without which the rest of the colony cannot survive. Those bees are doing just fine, according to data released by the USDA this year.
In fact, 70% of all the 20,000 species of bees nest under ground. In 2015, there were 2.66 million commercial honey-producing bee colonies in the United States. As a beekeeper, on […] They don’t do this purposely of course.

Bees are hardwired to do certain jobs. Both the beekeeper and farmer must know how to manage hives, what their health hazards are, and ensure they have access to plenty of nutrients and water. Not all bees live in hives like honey bees do. The pollen sticks to the bee's hairy legs and body. Bees that have pollen pollinate wheat, potatoes, carrots, beetroots, melon stems, pumpkin stems and berry bushes they fly over. This nectar is stored in a pouch-like internal structure called the crop. This makes their contribution to the agricultural economy, and thus the global economy, pretty significant. Bees are responsible for pollinating $15 billion worth of just US crops and 200 million pounds of UK crops.

Bees make honey from nectar so they are happy to visit the nectar rich blooms. Worker bees clean the hive, collecting pollen and nectar to feed the colony and they take care of the offspring. The sticky pollen is moved from flower to flower – accidentally by the fuzzy bodies of bees. Bees live in colonies that contain the queen bee, the worker bee and the drone. If you're a beekeeper, farmer or consumer you have something to lose if bees disappear -- and a significant role to play in their survival. Bee populations are in decline, forcing some farmers to pollinate crops by hand. In North America, most of these ground bees become active in early spring. The USDA estimates that bees are responsible for pollinating up to 15 billion dollars in crops every year. Worker bees (bees whose job is to collect food for the colony) land on flowers and drink their nectar. Environment Pollinating by hand: doing bees' work.

The drone’s only job is to mate with the queen. By moving particles of pollen from flower to flower, bees help the plants produce fruit. In the process of doing this, bees become covered in pollen. The queen bee is the heart and soul of the honey bee colony. Bees are the primary pollinators of all major crops eaten by humans. She is the reason for nearly everything the rest of the colony does. Bees are perfectly adapted to pollinate, helping plants grow, breed and produce food. In order to pollinate a plant, the particles that drop must touch it directly. A good quality queen means a strong and productive hive. When one of these plants gets pollinated, it advances to another growth stage, similar to using bone meal. Since honey bees aren’t native to the Americas, beekeepers and farmers are helping to preserve the honey bee population, despite other wild bee species experiencing loss.

Ground nesting bees in your backyard!