Ecosystem Services of Honey Bees; Regulating, Provisioning and Cultural Functions

Abstract

Ecosystem services are often undervalued, largely because it remains outside of the market economy, we do not require monetary paying for these services. However, without this ecosystem service, not only human but also the ecology and environment in totality will be imbalanced. In this paper, we attempt to understand the roles of honey bee in the context of human well-being. We represent services of honey bee on the basis of functionality i.e. regulating, provisioning and cultural functions. The paper strongly advocates that human must fully appreciate ecosystem service, otherwise it may threaten human livelihood.