9 Fascinating Facts About Honeybees

As the world's most important pollinator, honeybees play a huge role in agriculture. They not only give us honey but also pollinate about 80% of the world's plants, including around 100 food crops. In fact, you can thank honeybees for one out of every three bites of food you take each day. Scroll through the slideshow to learn nine fascinating facts about nature's most essential insect.

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Male honeybees (called drones), have no stinger and do no work in the hive. Their only purpose is to mate, and they die afterward.

Female bees (besides the queen), on the other hand, live for about six weeks and do all the work.

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