About 35% of global food crop production relies on animal pollination, including honeybees. The value of crops pollinated by bees is estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars. Despite their superpowers, bees are in a sticky situation. Habitat loss, pesticides, disease and climate change are making life in the hive less than ideal. To protect them, humans created man-made beehives—structures designed to house a honeybee nest, allowing them to live safely. Within these hives, honeybees carry out their seasonal cycle—raising their young and producing honey.
Colourful beehives, Italy
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Atlantic spotted dolphins near Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal
-
Serra de Tramuntana, Balearic Islands, Majorca, Spain
-
Hoodoos, Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
-
African elephants, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
-
Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia
-
Young black caiman
-
Saguaro cacti in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
-
Skåne County, Sweden
-
Sunrise at a vineyard in Bordeaux, France
-
Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
-
Shark Fin Cove, California, USA
-
Coral reef surrounding the island of Monuriki, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
-
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Vancouver Island, Canada
-
Polar bear cub, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, United States
-
Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon
-
Dubrovnik, Croatia
-
Castle of Rocca Calascio, Italy
-
The city of Osaka at night, Japan
-
Alpine marmot
-
Spine-cheeked anemonefish
-
Kings Mountain, Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States
-
Gentoo penguins, Antarctica
-
Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, United States
-
Pumpkins and squashes
-
A young jaguar, Pantanal, Brazil
-
Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
-
Lago Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
-
Pillars of Creation
-
Point Reyes National Seashore
-
Polar bear cub, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

