- Honey is the only food that will not rot, it can remain edible for over 3000 years.
- A typical beehive can produce anywhere from 30 to 100 pounds(13 to 45 kg) of honey a year.
- Approximately eight pounds of honey is consumed by bees to produce one pound of beeswax (0.5kg).
- Bees are the only insects that produce food eaten by humans.
- There are over 25,000 species of bees worldwide. From that about 4000 species in the US, and over 250 species in Britain.
- Honeybees communicate with one another by "dancing".
- The male honey bee, the Drone, has a grandfather but no father.
- Bees have been producing honey for at least 150 million years.
- Queen Bees can lay upto 2500 Eggs in a day.
- Bees have 4 wings, 2 long & 2 short.
- Honey was used as a Currency to make Payments in Germany at 11th Century.
- Honey Bees are Assigned Jobs based on their Age.
- A bumblebee flaps its wings 200 times per second.
- Bees are neatness freaks.
- Bees have 2 stomachs – one for eating, and one for storing nectar.
- Every bee colony has its own distinct scent so that members can identify each other.
- Bees are attracted by caffeine.
- Bees have 4 different life stages of there development - eggs, larvae, pupae & adult.
- Bee-keeping is said to be the second oldest professions.
- Bees use the sun as a compass, and on cloudy days, use polarized light to find their way.
