Beekeeper roping down a steep cliff to collect honeycombs in China, undated. China is the biggest producer of honey in the world, according to European Commission (EC) statistics. (@wwl2961182104, NewsX/Bee)
Illustrative image of sunflowers, undated. Planting sunflowers could be the key to fighting a harmful mite that threatens bees all around the world, research by scientists in the United States suggests. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows a northern giant hornet, undated. Officials in the north-western United States are cautiously optimistic after one year with no sightings of the world's largest hornet. (Washington State Department of Agriculture, NewsX/Bee)