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A beautiful photo by @mcinnes_wildlife_photography Thank you for sharing Craig. Be sure to extend your support by visiting this beautiful gallery and photographer. Bees are the most important group of pollinators. With the exception of a few species of wasps, only bees deliberately gather pollen to bring back to their nests for their offspring. Bees also exhibit a behavior called flower constancy, meaning that they repeatedly visit one particular plant species on any given foraging trip.  On a single foraging trip, a female bee may visit hundreds of flowers, transferring pollen the entire way. In contrast, butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, and beetles visit flowers to feed on nectar (or on the flower itself, in the case of some beetles) and not to collect pollen. Thus, they come in contact less frequently with the flower’s anthers than bees do. Bees are immensely diverse insects that form an important group within the Hymenoptera, an insect order that also includes ants, wasps, and sawflies. Worldwide, there are an estimated 20,000 species of bees #bees #wildbees #beesofinstagram #polinators #beesmatter #polination #insects #arthropods #nature #natureisbeautiful #naturephotography #planetearth #learnmore #educationalcontent #natureawareness #lovenature #biodiversity