Why do we use bees on coins?

Early usage of bees on coins may have been a functional illustration of the link between a known value (honey) and a new form of currency: coins as money. A 1920 Italian bronze ten-centesimi coin featuring featuring an Italian honeybee on a flower.

Are bees social or solitary?

Bees in the Apidae family can either be social or solitary. This is the largest family of bees, encompassing at least 5,700 species, and includes backyard bees that people are most familiar with, such as honeybees, bumblebees, and carpenter bees. The Megachilidae family comprises around 3,000 species of mostly solitary bees.

Why are bees important?

Bees are relevant here because their pollinating efforts contribute to about one-third of the food required to feed the world, with a value in excess of US$200 billion per year, and they are threatened by climate change and other environmental factors. Read more: Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up the pressure

What is a yellow-faced bee?

These bees belong to the family Colletidae. There are more than 130 species of Hylaeus bees in the United States. Yellow-faced bees are said to resemble small black wasps. They have white or yellow markings on their legs, faces, and thorax regions, and have very slender bodies.