{"id":326,"date":"2011-05-05T13:08:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T12:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestbeekeeping.com\/blog\/?p=326"},"modified":"2018-06-29T14:56:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T13:56:43","slug":"10-amazing-bee-facts-to-buzz-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestbeekeeping.com\/blog\/10-amazing-bee-facts-to-buzz-about\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Amazing Bee Facts To Buzz About!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beekeeping is rewarding for lots of reasons. For some the main reward is honey<\/a>, but often what really draws you in as a beekeeper is that bees as a species are just so fascinating. So here are 10 interesting honey bee facts \u2013 but believe me, there are many more!<\/p>\n

1. <\/strong>Honey bees are the only insect that produces food eaten by man.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> The average worker bee produces about 1\/12th teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.<\/p>\n

3. <\/strong>A hive of bees will have to fly a total of 55,000 miles to get enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey – equivalent to flying twice around the planet earth.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Bees will fly up to 6 miles from their hive to collect pollen and nectar.<\/p>\n

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Pollination in action!<\/p><\/div>\n

5. <\/strong>Bees have 2 pairs of wings, which move incredibly fast – about 200 beats per second. This is what makes honey bees buzz!<\/p>\n

6. <\/strong>At its peak in the summertime, there will be about 60,000 worker bees in a colony, 2,000 drones and just one queen. The worker bees are all female, and do all the work.<\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> Drones are the male honey bees. They are noticeably larger than worker bees, have no stinger and do no work at all. Their only job is to mate with a queen bee. Only one drawback – after they mate, they die.<\/p>\n

8.<\/strong> The queen bee only leaves the hive once to mate, with up to 20 drones. When she returns to the hive, her only job is to lay eggs – up to 2,500 eggs per day when the colony is at its busiest in the summer months.<\/p>\n

9. <\/strong>The queen controls the colony by releasing pheromones which get passed from one bee to another through contact. If these pheromones become too weak, it is taken as a signal that the queen needs to be replaced (or \u2018superceded\u2019).<\/p>\n

10.<\/strong> The new queen comes from exactly the same eggs as worker bees \u2013 but because she is fed a different diet (of \u2018royal jelly\u2019) she develops into a queen rather than a worker. Definitely a case of “you are what you eat!”<\/p>\n

Why not experience these fascinating creatures for yourself, and start beekeeping<\/a>\u00a0today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beekeeping is rewarding for lots of reasons. For some the main reward is honey, but often what really draws you in as a beekeeper is that bees as a species are just so fascinating. So here are 10 interesting honey bee facts \u2013 but believe me, there are many more!<\/p>

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