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There are 3 kinds of bees in a hive.
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1,500
The Queen will lay around 1,500 eggs per day!
Only the Queen in each hive lays eggs. |
80,000
80,000 bees can be in the hive at the height of the summer.
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10 MillionThe worker honey bees make 10 million foraging trips to produce just one jar of honey.
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waggle
Bees do a "waggle" dance to communicate food source.
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drones
The male (drone) bees do not have stingers. Their sole purpose is for mating.
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Queen bee
The Queen bee is the heart of the colony. The hive cannot survive without her.
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pollen
Honeybees need pollen from two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
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worker bee
In a worker bee's lifetime, she only makes 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey.
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45 days
The average lifespan of a worker bee is 45 days.
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1,000,000A queen bee can lay up to 1,500 eggs per day and approximately 1 million eggs in her lifetime.
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55,000 miles
To make one pound of honey, honeybees fly approximately 55,000 miles.
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honey
Bees are the only insect in the world that make food that humans can eat.
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2 stomachs
Bees have two stomachs – one is for eating, and the other is for storing nectar so they can carry it back to their hive.
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