| I think we should get ourselves some honey bee facts, | | | | collection trip. |
| after all so many healing and health-promoting | | | | 12. A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 |
| opportunities for the humans begin with this little busy | | | | honeybees and one queen. |
| creature. As you read the following 20 statements | | | | 13. Worker honey bees are female, live 6 to 8 weeks |
| about honey's great creator, you will be so intrigued | | | | and do all the work. |
| just like me by this teensy-weensy fellow's | | | | 14. The queen bee lives for about 2-3 years and is the |
| extraordinary abilities. | | | | only bee that lays eggs. She is the busiest in the |
| 1. The honey bee has been around for 30 million years. | | | | summer months, when the hive needs to be at its |
| 2. It is the only insect that produces food eaten by | | | | maximum strength, and lays up to 2500 eggs per day. |
| man. | | | | 15. The male honey bees are called drones, and they |
| 3. Honey bees are environmentally friendly and are | | | | do no work at all, have no stinger, all they do is mating. |
| vital as pollinators. | | | | 16. Each honey bee colony has a unique odour for |
| 4. They are insects with a scientific name - Apis | | | | members' identification. |
| mellifera. | | | | 17. Only worker bees sting, and only if they feel |
| 5. They have 6 legs, 2 eyes, and 2 wings, a nectar | | | | threatened and they die once they sting. Queens have |
| pouch, and a stomach. | | | | a stinger, but don't leave the hive to help defend it. |
| 6. The honeybee's wings stroke 11,400 times per | | | | 18. It is estimated that 1100 honey bee stings are |
| minute, thus making their distinctive buzz. | | | | required to be fatal. |
| 7. A honey bee can fly for up to six miles, and as fast | | | | 19. Honey bees communicate with one another by |
| as 15 miles per hour, hence it would have to fly around | | | | "dancing". |
| 90,000 miles - three times around the globe - to make | | | | 20. During winter, honey bees feed on the honey they |
| one pound of honey. | | | | collected during the warmer months. They form a tight |
| 8. The average honey bee will actually make only one | | | | cluster in their hive to keep the queen and themselves |
| twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. | | | | warm. |
| 9. It takes about 556 workers to gather 1 pound of | | | | My most memorable honey bee fact is No 19: Honey |
| honey from about 2 million flowers. | | | | bees communicate with one another by "dancing". And |
| 10. It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee's flight | | | | the most incredible to me is No 2: It is the only insect |
| around the world. | | | | that produces edible food for man! |
| 11. A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a | | | | |