Accenture: 28.05.2026

There are over 235 wild bee species in Finland, including various species of bumblebees. Most of these are solitary bees. Pollinators, which also include bumblebees, butterflies, and certain bird species, pollinate 80% of all the world’s plants and 75% of human food crops *

Our urban rooftop beehive colonies are home to an average of 70,000 bees in midsummer. Honeybees build highly organized colonies where every bee has an important role. The forager bee’s job is to find a good nectar source and tell the others about it. As they collect nectar from flowers, the plants’ aromas and even their DNA are stored in the honey, from which we obtain valuable research data on the city’s food supply. In our research, we have observed, for example, that bumblebees, honeybees, and mason bees prefer different plants.

Did you know that foraging bees can fly over three kilometers to collect nectar, and that a single foraging bee pollinates an average of 50,000 flowers to produce 1 gram of honey?