Why are bees important?

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Close-up of a small carpenter bee, Xylocopa, with a metallic purple sheen on its body, perched on a yellow flower.

Two Osmia cornuta solitary bees rest on a wooden nesting site made of hollow tubes, with the bees facing outward and the tubes visible in the background.

All Hail the Queens

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Close-up of a small carpenter bee, Xylocopa, with a metallic purple sheen on its body, perched on a yellow flower.

Small carpenter bee

A little blue carpenter bee (Ceratina cyanea) visiting a flower.

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Two Osmia cornuta solitary bees rest on a wooden nesting site made of hollow tubes, with the bees facing outward and the tubes visible in the background.

Orchard bees

A pair of European orchard bees (Osmia cornuta) surveying nesting sites...

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Bumblebee

Bumblebee

A moscardón bee (Bombus dahlbomii) foraging on a blooming tree in southern...

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All Hail the Queens

All Hail the Queens

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