Queen bees live up to 2 years, whereas worker bees live for up to 6 weeks in the summer and up to 7 months in the winter.
Male bees, or drones, can not sting.
Bees especially love flowers in the violet-blue range, like bluebells and lavender.
It is approximated that when bees are flying to a food source, they can be as fast as a coyote, flying at speeds of 15 – 20 mph
Distinctive buzz from their wings by beating them together at a rate of 190 beats per second.
A typical beehive that measures 22 inches by 16 inches can be home to a staggering 50,000 bees.
Every jar of honey you purchase requires the nectar of 2 million flowers, and in total, the bees that extract that nectar will collectively fly 55,000 miles..
All bees in a hive are aware of the presence of their queen bee. If she leaves, the entire colony knows within 15 minutes.
Worker bees do the ‘waggle dance’ to alert their hive sisters about where to find great new sources of water and nectar.
Each bee has 170 odorant receptors, which means they have one serious sense of smell! They use this to communicate within the hive and to recognise different types of flowers when looking for food.
Mead, which is made from fermented honey, is the world’s oldest fermented beverage.
