Beekeepers and enthusiasts celebrate World Bee Day on May 20, which revolves around theme of protecting bees -- the most important pollinators of food crops -- as they face decrease in populations. From beekeepers such as My Bee Savior Association in Kuala Lumpur doing what they do best to honey bees in their natural habitat in Srinagar and New Delhi, here are some pictures of these insects from around the world.
Updated On: 2023-03-03 05:07 PM IST
Compiled by : Nascimento Pinto
Rescued bees on a honeycomb in the parking lot of an apartment building in Kuala Lumpur on April 23, 2021 as a part of bee conservation efforts in Malaysia. MY Bee Savior Association is a group that saves bees and their nests when they are discovered in cities, seeking to prevent the creatures from being destroyed by those who view them as pests.
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Honey bees sit on a flower on a cold winter day in New Delhi on January 9, 2021.
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Ooi Leng Chye from the MY Bee Savior Association releasing rescued bees into a Langstroth hive at a house in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
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A bee sucks nectar from a Night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), one of its favorites, at the end of spring in San Salvador, on October 3, 2020. Drone-delivered soap bubbles could be used to pollinate flowers, something currently endangered due to the unprecedented decline in the bee population, according to a Japanese study.
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Believers light candles attached to jars of honey, during a ceremony marking the day of Saint Haralampi, Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers who lived during the end of the 2nd Century, beginning of the 3rd Century in northern Greece, at the Church of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, on February 10, 2021.
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A honey bee collects nectar from mustard flowers on the outskirts of Srinagar on April 20, 2021.
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A bee hovers over a spring flower at the gardens in front of the Reichstag building, seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin on March 30, 2021.
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