Key Highlights
- Now, in a new paper published in Nature Communications, we provide the first statistically derived estimate of bee species richness around the world.
- But this work isn’t just about bees.
- It provides the tools needed for scientists to estimate the number of all species on Earth.
- Why do bees matter?
- ———————- Bees are the most important animal pollinators, so it’s crucial to know how many species there are in the world.


