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   Why are honeybees important even though other pollinators exist?

   Honeybees are important even though other pollinators exist because they are extremely efficient, widespread, and manageable pollinators.

   • 🐝 They pollinate many crops. Honeybees visit a huge variety of flowering plants, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seed crops.
   • 🌼 They work in large colonies. A single honeybee colony can contain tens of thousands of workers, allowing it to pollinate enormous numbers of flowers.
   • 🚜 They can be transported. Beekeepers can move managed honeybee colonies to farms when crops are flowering, making pollination more reliable on a large agricultural scale.
   • 🌎 They are widely distributed. Honeybees live in many regions and can adapt to a variety of environments.
   • 🔄 They complement—not replace—native pollinators. Bumblebees, wild bees, butterflies, moths, flies, birds, and bats are also essential. Some plants are pollinated more effectively by particular native species, and having diverse pollinators makes ecosystems more resilient.

   So, honeybees aren't the only important pollinators, nor are they always the best pollinator for every plant. Their importance comes largely from their combination of abundance, efficiency, generalist feeding habits, and usefulness in agriculture.

   

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