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16.5% 40% 90% 75% With the technical support of: Pollinators butterfly moth wasp beetle bird bat 20 000 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF WILD BEES EXIST Some species of butterflies, moths, wasps, beetles, birds, bats and other vertebrates also contribute to pollination. Threatened Vertebrate pollinators species threatened with extinction globally. Invertebrate pollinator species - particularly bees and butterflies - facing extinction. almond 100% apple 80-100% 80-100% mango pumpkin 90-100% sunflower 50-100% 90-100% onion rapeseed 50-100% 70-100% watermelon Crop dependency on pollinators Wild flowering plants depend at least to some extent on animal pollination. World’s food crops that depend at least in part on pollination. DEPENDENCY ON INSECT POLLINATION Source: FAO, 2006. Economic Valuation of Pollination Services BEE FACTS The average life of a honey bee during the working season is about 1.5 months; during the inactive season it is about 2.5 months. 556 worker bees are required to produce 0.5 kg of honey. A colony of honeybees is formed by up to 15 000 bees in early spring and up to 80 000 in summer. Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Australia and New Zeland 2007 2007 70 0 75 10 80 20 85 30 90 40 95 50 2009 2009 2011 2011 2013 2013 Number of hives (millions) Number of hives (millions) 2015 2015 2017 2017 Source: 2007-2017 FAOSTAT MANAGED WORLD HONEY BEE POPULATION IN THE LAST TEN YEARS MANAGED WORLD HONEY BEE POPULATION BY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS FAO, 2019 CA4656EN/1/05.19
