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🌸 The Miracle of Pollination

By the Numbers

• 75% of the world's food crops depend at least in part on pollinators.
• Bees pollinate 80% of all flowering plants on Earth.
• The economic value of pollination services is estimated at $235-577 billion annually.
• One in three bites of food we eat exists because of pollinators.
• Almonds are 100% dependent on honeybee pollination.
• Wild bees are often more effective pollinators than managed honeybees.
• Coffee, chocolate, and vanilla all require pollination to produce.
• Apples need at least 4-5 bee visits per flower for good fruit development.
• Bees pollinate not just food but cotton, flax, and other fiber crops.
• Blueberries especially benefit from buzz pollination, which only certain bees can perform.

Flowers That Love Bees

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