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20 Amazing Honey Bee Facts!
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Some honey bee facts really deserved to be shared, after all so many healing and health-promoting opportunities for us humans start with this little busy creature. As you read the following 20 truths about honey bee, you will be so intrigued just like me by this tiny fellow's extraordinary abilities.
1. The honey bee has been around for 30 million years.
2. It is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.
3. Honey bees are environmentally friendly and are critical as pollinators.
4. They are insects whcih are scientifically known as Apis mellifera.
5. They have 6 legs, 2 compound eyes made up of thousands of tiny lenses (one on each side of the head), 3 simple eyes on the top of the head, 2 wings, a nectar pouch, and a stomach.
6. The honeybee's wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.
7. A honey bee can fly for up to six miles, and as fast as 15 miles per hour, hence it would have to fly around 90,000 miles - three times around the globe - to make one pound of honey.
8. The average honey bee will actually make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
9. It takes about 556 workers to gather 1 pound of honey from about 2 million flowers.
10. It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee's flight around the world.
11. A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.
12. A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen.
13. Worker honey bees are female, live 6 to 8 weeks and do all the work.
14. The queen bee lives for about 2-3 years and is the only bee that lays eggs. She is the busiest in the summer months, when the hive needs to be at its maximum strength, and lays up to 2500 eggs per day.
15. The male honey bees are called drones, and they do no work at all, have no stinger, all they do is mating.
16. Each honey bee colony has a unique odour for members' identification.
17. Only worker bees sting, and only if they feel threatened and they die once they sting. Queens have a stinger, but don't leave the hive to help defend it.
18. It is estimated that 1100 honey bee stings are required to be fatal.
19. Honey bees communicate with one another by "dancing".
20. During winter, honey bees feed on the honey they collected during the warmer months. They form a tight cluster in their hive to keep the queen and themselves warm.
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| Author: Balaji 13 May 2009 | Member Level: Silver Points : 2 | I think we should get ourselves some honey bee facts, after all so many healing and health-promoting opportunities for the humans begin with this little busy creature. As you read the following 20 honey bee facts, you will be so intrigued just like me by this teensy-weensy fellow’s extraordinary abilities.
Species of Honey Bees
There are two extreme species of honey bees:
1) The Africanized Honey Bee.
2) The Bumble Bee
Also, just a reminder, I don't claim to be an expert in honey, bees, or beekeeping. I am a great honey fan and what I write are typically representations of my impressions, thoughts, opinions on the topics from a myriad of sources which include experimenting with honey, talking to friends, salespeople, exchanges with honey fans, and reading books and articles. As much as I'll always try my best to ensure the accuracy of my writing, I still dare not guarantee perfection. Dear all experts (beekeepers, medical experts, honey connoisseurs...), if any of my content triggers your reaction, don't shoot me down; gently share what you believe is right. While everyone has to right to disagree or object, it's more meaningful to inform what you believe is right and what I should write. My understanding about honey and many other topics might not be 100% robust, so receiving constructive criticism will benefit my learning. Also, allow me to think about what your response so that I can decide if it should settle into my belief system and be shared with other honey fan
| | Author: jiaqing feng 04 Nov 2009 | Member Level: Bronze Points : 0 | The Bumble Bee
| | Author: jiaqing feng 06 Nov 2009 | Member Level: Bronze Points : 2 | think we should get ourselves some honey bee facts, after all so many healing and health-promoting opportunities for the humans begin with this little busy creature. As you read the following 20 honey bee facts, you will be so intrigued just like me by this teensy-weensy fellow’s extraordinary abilities.
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