Bees

Honey bees are used commercially for large scale pollination (agricultural crops and other plants) and honey production.

Bees also pollinate crops such as clover and alfalfa that cattle feed on, making bees important to our production and consumption of meat and dairy.

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are economically essential insect pollinators all over the world. They provide ecologically for pollination of natural, wild vegetation plants and agricultural crops; as a result, they play a significant role in the landscape and natural resource preservation.

Honey bees are of huge economic importance, vital for the pollination of many fruit, vegetable and seed crops. Also a wide variety of important products are made from the honey, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly and propolis that bees produce.

Bees contribute to the global food supply via pollinating a wide range of crops, including fruits, vegetables, oilseeds, legumes, etc. The economic benefit of bees to food production per year was reported including the cash crops, i.e., coffee, cocoa, almond and soybean, compared to selfpollination.

Honey is the most well known and most profitable of the direct products resulting from the efforts of honey bees. Honey is an antioxidant and as such may help in the prevention of cancers. Honey has medicinal value.

• Antibacterial property can cure cuts, burns & sore throat
• Antibiotic property protects skin & eyes. Honey also promotes growth of healthy tissues
• Beeswax is used in the production of candles and cosmetics. Oil obtained from bees wax is used to cure wounds.