To Bee - or Not To Bee? Amazing Fun Facts about Bees

To bee or not to bee.

Here’s some fascinating fun facts about bees.

One colony can contain around 20,000 to 60,000 bees.

One hive can pollinate up to 50 million flowers per day!

The reason bees are so noisy is because they beat their wings 11,400 times in one minute!

1 bee has 5 eyes - and 4 wings.

Only female bees can sting. Male bees don’t have stingers.

In her lifespan of 6-8 weeks, a worker bee produces an average of 1/12th teaspoon of honey. This is about 0.8 gram (0.0288 ounce) of honey.

In their lifespan of 6-8 weeks, worker bees have to fly approximately 145,000 km, equivalent to 1½ times the earth’s circumference in search of quality pollen and nectar, to produce one pound of honey.

Honey bees communicate through a series of complex dance moves.

Honey bees carry a load half of their own body weight.

Honey bees have an incredible sense of time, distance and direction. They use the amount of optical information they experience during a flight to measure distances. Although it has a sesame seed sized brain, studies have shown that the honey bee can calculate the most efficient route faster than a modern computer.

Honey bees are capable of flying at an average speed of over 30 k per hour if they are not carrying any load on their body.

They are able to fly at these speeds because they flap their wings over 200 times every second.

The honey bee is the only insect that makes food man can eat.

Eating honey makes you smarter! It has an antioxidant that improves brain functions.

Honey bee workers spend their entire day outside foraging food for the hive. In a day, they make more than 100 foraging trips.

Other workers in the hive whose job is to make sure the hive is kept at the right temperatire at all times.

What an amazing creature that God has made!