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Interesting facts:
Bees from the same hive visit about 225,000 flowers per day. One single bee usually visits between 50-100 flowers a day, but can visit up to several thousand.
- 10 flowers contain 1 drop of nectar
- 1 bee can carry one drop of nectar
- 10 drops of nectar yield 1 drop of honey
- 10 drops of honey equals 1 drop of wax
- 1000 flowers yield one drop of beeswax
Beeswax is a substance secreted by worker honeybees from pairs of glands on the underside of their abdomens, and used by them for the making of honeycomb.
Honeybees are the only insect that produce food for humans.
Just a single hive contains approximately 40-45 thousand bees.
During honey production periods, a bee's life span is about 6 weeks.
Honeybees visit about 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey.
A bee travels an average of 1600 round trips in order to produce one ounce of honey; up to 6 miles a trip. To produce 2 pounds of honey, bees travel a distance equal to 4 times around the earth. Bees fly an average of 13-15 miles per hour.
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