Honey Trivia
Bees must tap 2 million flowers to make 1 lb. of honey. 1500 flowers must be visited to collect a load of pollen. A bee must fly over 55K miles to produce 1 lb. of honey.
An average worker bee produces 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
A bee flys 15 miles/ 24 km an hour.
An average honey bee lives 42 - 45 days in peak season.
Bees have been producing honey from flowering plants for 10 - 20 million years.
Bees do not fly at night. They navigate by the sun.
And so, things begin to quiet at the bee farm as the sun sets. But work within the hive continues.
An average worker bee produces 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
A bee flys 15 miles/ 24 km an hour.
An average honey bee lives 42 - 45 days in peak season.
Bees have been producing honey from flowering plants for 10 - 20 million years.
Bees do not fly at night. They navigate by the sun.
And so, things begin to quiet at the bee farm as the sun sets. But work within the hive continues.