Fun Facts
* Did you know honeybees possess five eyes?
* Honeybees do not recognize the color red! What would you do if you could not see the color red?
* A single hive contains approximately 40-45 thousand bees. It’s a full house!
* Queen honeybees can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day and can live up to 2 to 3 years .
* A worker bee only lives about 28-35 days. She makes the most of her time!
* Honeybees have been producing honey for the past 150 MILLION years!
* Honey is nectar that honeybees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. Mmmmmm!
* In the course of a worker bee’s lifetime she will produce 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey. What a small amount for such a hard worker.
* A honeybee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man. Thanks bees!
* A honeybee visits up to 100 flowers during a collection trip.
* Male honeybees are called drones. They do not work, have no stinger, and their only purpose is to mate. What a life!
* Each honeybee colony has a unique odor for members’ identification.
* A honeybee flies approximately 15 miles per hour. Can you move that fast?
* Honeybees will usually travel around 3 miles from their hive.
* Did you know honeybees are the ONLY bees that die after they sting?
* Honey NEVER spoils!
* Honeybees are responsible for 80% of all fruit, vegetable, and seed crops in the United States.
* Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including water!
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