Bee Facts

A honey bee strokes its wings about 11,500 times a minute.

Bees can communicate with other bees by dancing. Their dance can alert other bees as to which direction and the distance nectar and pollen is located.

It takes 12 honeybees to make one teaspoon of honey.

In one trip, a honey bee visits about 75 flowers.

In one day, a queen bee can lay up to 1500 eggs in one day.

In a lifetime, on average a honey bee produces 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey.

Honeybees use the sun as a compass which helps them navigate.

A honey bee has four wings.

A bird called the bee eater in areas of Africa thinks that riding around on the backs of other animals is fun!

The honeybee has to travel an average of 43,000 miles to collect enough nectar to make a pound of honey!