We often do not pay attention to the world around us. Our fauna and flora are so diverse that so many interesting things are missed. Bees are the most hardworking insects in the world. Besides, if it weren’t for the bees, we would have no idea about such a healthy and tasty treat as honey.
1. There are over 15,000 species of bees in the world.
2. Bees are the only insects on earth that can produce food for humans.
3. Have you ever wondered why bees buzz? The answer is simple enough – bees beat their wings very quickly, up to two hundred times per second, which is creates vibrations in the air that the human ear detects as buzzing.
4. In search of food, bees can fly from their hive up to a distance of 5 miles, however, an average distance would be less than a mile from the hive.
5. The average bee lives for just five to six weeks. A single bee can produce 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
6. There can be up to 80,000 individuals in a colony of bees and only a single queen controls them.
7. Even elephants are afraid of angry bees. Every year, more people die from bee stings than from snake bites.
8. To collect one kilogram of honey from a bee family, they need to fly a distance equivalent to three equators around the Earth.
9. Although the bee brain is very small and like a sesame seed, the bees are very capable of learning. They memorize and recognize objects and are able to make complex distance calculations to collect nectar.
10. Bees from one hive can produce about 150 kg of honey per year.
11. The queen bee can live up to five years. Her main job is to multiply their offspring. In the summer, she lays more than 2,000 eggs each day.
12. Male bees or drones do no work. They don’t even have a sting, because the defense is left to the worker bees. Honey bees are the only bee species that die after stinging.
13. Bees around the world pollinate more than a trillion flowers every day.
14. A queen bee is fed special food called “royal jelly” by the worker bees. Royal jelly is richer than the food given to worker larvae and is necessary for the larva to develop into a fertile queen bee.
15. Bees from one hive cannot fly into another, otherwise, they will be immediately attacked by its defenders – other bees.
