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How Stingless Bees in the Amazon Became the First Insects With Legal Rights

Satipo's ordinance grants stingless bees legal rights to protect them from deforestation and pesticides, supporting 80% of Amazonian flora pollination, officials said.

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Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.

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How Stingless Bees in the Amazon Became the First Insects With Legal Rights

Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.

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These Foreign Governments Decided It Was Time To Give Rights To Bees

Two Peruvian municipalities reportedly granted legal rights to stingless bees recently, marking the "first formal recognition of rights for an insect in history."

·Washington, United States
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The Planet’s Oldest Bee Species Has Become The World’s First Insect To Be Granted Legal Rights

It’s about damn time.

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IFLScience broke the news in on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
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