Nature Matters: Wild Pollinator Count to help scientists count bees in Australia

By Deborah Bower
Updated April 15 2019 - 1:06pm, first published 12:30pm
DECLINING NUMBERS: Honey bees were introduced into Australia in the 1820s to provide us with honey, bee's wax and pollination.
DECLINING NUMBERS: Honey bees were introduced into Australia in the 1820s to provide us with honey, bee's wax and pollination.

If your superpowers included communicating through dance, making honey from scratch and pollinating plants - I might also crown you 'The Bee's Knees'. Brimming with usefulness, honey bees (scientifically known as Apis mellifera) are just one of around 2000 species of bees inhabiting Australia. Honey bees were introduced in the 1820s to provide us with honey, bee's wax and pollination and we still use these services today.

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