Role of Honeybees in Biodiversity Conservation (Review Article)

Author(s): Akhila A.1, Manjunatha B.2 and Keshamma E.

Abstract: Bees are important both ecologically and economically for the ecosystem service role they play as pollinators. Honeybees are pollinators that play a key-role in plant biodiversity conservation and crop production. This unique insect species has been managed in hives by beekeepers for millennia, even though such a peculiar animal production system never resulted in the domestication of the western honeybee. The current widespread decline of insect pollinators could negatively affect human well-being and food production, as many crops rely on animal pollination for the quantity and quality of their yield. The quality of our oxygen, the food we eat, the survival of other species, and several bio-diversity issues are in many ways dependent on the work we do to protect the bees.

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