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.
A hive is made up of three types of bees: the queen, the worker bees and the drones. Queens run the hive, workers forage for pollen and protect the hive, and drones mate with the queen.