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Title: Why are Honeybees Important


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Why are Honeybees Important?
  • Arkansas State Plant Board

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Honey is Important
  • More than 200,000,000 worth of honey is produced
    annually in the US.

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HONEYBEES ARE OUR BEST POLLINATORS
They affect much of our food supply
  • They can be moved in great numbers,
  • They are efficient,
  • They are organized and concentrate on one crop at
    a time.

From apples to zucchinis
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POLLINATION
  • 1/3 of our daily diet is made of products
    pollinated by honeybees,
  • Honeybees pollination accounts for nearly
    750,000 of Arkansas agricultural crops,
  • 14.5 billion of the US agricultural product is
    due to honeybees pollination.

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Beyond Agriculture
Bees play an important role in the Natural State.
  • They clearly enhance the wild seed nut
    production which feed much of our wildlife.
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