Why are Honeybees Important

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Why are Honeybees Important?

• Arkansas State Plant Board

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Honey is Important

• More than 200,000,000 worth of honey is produced
  annually in the US.

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HONEYBEES ARE OUR BEST POLLINATORS
They affect much of our food supply

• They can be moved in great numbers,
• They are efficient,
• They are organized and concentrate on one crop at
  a time.

From apples to zucchinis
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POLLINATION

• 1/3 of our daily diet is made of products
  pollinated by honeybees,
• Honeybees pollination accounts for nearly
  750,000 of Arkansas agricultural crops,
• 14.5 billion of the US agricultural product is
  due to honeybees pollination.

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Beyond Agriculture
Bees play an important role in the Natural State.

• They clearly enhance the wild seed nut
  production which feed much of our wildlife.