They help to provide a lot of the food that you eat - and we're not just talking about honey. Bees help to grow fruit and vegetables by flying around and pollinating plants.

Click on the link to find out more about why bees are so important to us in our world:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/22040953

There are lots of ways to help the bees in your garden - you could try making this 'bee B and B' for solitary bees to live in.

Solitary bees aren't like honeybees that live in hives. They make their nests on their own and lay their eggs in tunnels.

To help them have somewhere to live, you can make your own bee hotel.

Click on the link to find out how to make a bee hotel: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39533130