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Bees have coexisted with us for over a millennia. Their name remains a mystery

Farms.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4500x3375+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F73%2F56%2Fb9a53c864b649adce39fdd6c798b%2F2026-05-beekeeping-anakkash-8.jpg) Bees are extremely sensitive to changes in the climate, according to Mateo Kaiser, who is a fifth-generation beekeeper in California. **Alan Nakkash for NPR** Alan Nakkash for NPR More broadly

Preserving pollinators is good for health -- and income

affecting human health on the ground. In Nepal, they found a picture that is both worrying, and hopeful. In rural communities, pollinating bees and hoverflies are responsible for more than 20% of people's intake