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Bees have coexisted with us for over a millennium. Their name remains a mystery
Its name is short — like its size — but the bee is one of Earth's most important and busy creatures.
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World Bee Day
UN-designated on the birthday of Anton Janša, a Slovenian beekeeper. Pollinators are responsible for a third of global food production — bees punch well above their weight.
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The garden strawberry is a hybrid first bred in Brittany, France in the 1750s by crossing a Chilean variety with a North American one. The resulting fruit spread across Europe and eventually produced the modern commercial strawberry. The US now grows 1.4 billion pounds per year, 90% of it in California.
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