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Pollinators

butterfly moth wasp beetle bird bat

20 000DIFFERENT SPECIES OF WILD BEES EXIST

Some species of butterflies, moths, wasps, beetles, birds, bats and other vertebrates also contribute to pollination.

Threatened

Vertebrate pollinators speciesthreatened with

extinction globally.

Invertebrate pollinator species - particularly bees and butterflies -

facing extinction.

almond

100%

apple

80-100% 80-100%

mangopumpkin

90-100%

sunflower

50-100%90-100%

onion rapeseed

50-100%70-100%

watermelon

Crop dependency on pollinatorsWild flowering plants dependat least to some extent on animal pollination.

World’s food crops that dependat least in part on pollination.

DEPENDENCY ON INSECT POLLINATION

Source: FAO, 2006. Economic Valuation of Pollination Services

BEE FACTS

The average life of a honey bee during the working season is about

1.5 months; during the inactive season it is about 2.5 months.

556 worker bees are required to produce 0.5 kg of honey.

A colony of honeybees is formed by up to 15 000 bees in early

spring and up to 80 000 in summer.

Africa AmericasAsia EuropeOceania Australia and New Zeland

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Source: 2007-2017 FAOSTAT

MANAGED WORLD HONEY BEE POPULATIONIN THE LAST TEN YEARS

MANAGED WORLD HONEY BEE POPULATION BY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

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