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OuiSi Nature · Card 114

Honeybees in the Honeycomb

Apis mellifera

Location
Vale do Paraíba, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
Date
March 27, 2019
Photograph byInaê Guion

Description

The combs are built by worker bees with the wax produced in their glands and have alveoli where they store honey and pollen. According to the United Nations (UN), bees are responsible for 73% of the pollination of cultivated plants, that is, the plants that we eat.

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Biologist, Researcher, Visual Storyteller

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Honeybees in the Honeycomb

Photograph by Inaê Guion