It’s World Bee Day!!

Shout out to the important pollinators of trees, flowers & our food.

There is nothing better on a warm Spring day than the buzz of bees in the garden.

 

A FEW FACTS ON BEES

🐝 Honeybees live in matriarchal societies.

🐝 Honeybees and bumblebees are the only bees that make colonies

🐝 Male bees can’t sting you, though they are mostly around the hive if they are a bee that lives in colonies

🐝 Worker bees are basically nonbinary or intersex because they don’t actually have any genitals that mark them as male or female-  their stingers are modified ovipositors. The queen is the only reproductive female.

 

As you can see, it is very important for us to protect these VIP pollinators.

 

HERE ARE A FEW REASONS WHY WE LOVE BEES!!

🐝 They are cute and come in many pretty colours.

🐝 They make buzzing sounds

🐝 They give us honey, royal jelly, beeswax and more.

🐝 They help maintain biodiversity.

🐝 They increase food production and food security.

🐝 They are simply the bees knees!! Geddit?

 

So, in answer to the question: “To 🐝 Or Not To 🐝”, the answer is and always should be To 🐝

Save the bees, folks. They are our friends.

 

In honour of World Bee Day, here are a few of my favourite bee finds.