Honey Bee Trivia
How many flowers honey bees visit to make one pound of honey? (Two Million)
How far does a hive of bees fly to bring you one pound of honey? (55 thousand miles)
How much honey does the average worker honey bee make in her lifetime? (1/12 teaspoon)
How fast does a honey bee fly? (About 15 miles per hour)
How many sides does each honeycomb cell have? (Each cell is a six-sided hexagon)
How many flowers does a honey bee visit during one collection trip? (A worker bee visits about 50-100 flowers during each trip)
How long have bees been producing honey from flowering plants? (10-20 million years)
How many bees does it take to kill a person? (A healthy human being may handle 10 stings per pound of body weight.)
How do honey bees communicate with one another? (They communicate by dancing. Honey bees do a dance which indicates other bees where nectar and pollen are located. The dance explains direction, distance and attractiveness. Bees also communicate with pheromones)
In ancient Egypt citizens paid their taxes with honey.
There are 64 calories in a Tablespoon or 21 gr of honey.
Honey contains 18 more calories per tablespoon than refined sugar; therefore, you need to use less of it to have the same sweetening effect.
