How do we sustain a healthy food supply?

How do bees help us to sustain a healthy food supply?

Many flowering plants rely on Australian native bees and European honeybees for reproduction so they can produce seeds that grow into new plants. Watch the video and see if you can find the link between bees pollinating flowers and plants producing seeds.

You might also start to think about these ideas:

1. I wonder why one in every 5 mouthfuls of food that you eat relies on bees.
2. I wonder how many native animals rely on bees to pollinate flowers.
3. I wonder why native bees are important for pollinating native plants.
4. I wonder if native bees can help pollinate food crops.

One in every 5 mouthfuls of food that you eat relies on bees

We rely on the role that bees play in pollination to get many of the foods we like to eat. Explore the supermarket shelves in this activity. Try to guess which foods rely on bees for pollination then click on the icons to check your answer.

What is in your lunchbox?

What do you like to eat for lunch? Next time you are eating your lunch, imagine how your lunch might look different if we didn’t have bees for pollination. Practice first using these lunch boxes. Decide which foods would not be available without bees, then click the icons to check your answer.