• Bees must tap 12 million flowers to make one pound of honey.
• Bees fly 55,000 miles to bring you one pound of honey.
• An average worker honey bee makes 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
• A bee flys about 15 miles per hour.
• It would take about one ounce of honey to fuel a bee's flight around the world.
• Bees have been producing honey from flowering plants for 10-20 million years.
• A bee has four wings.
• The USDA estimates that there are approximately 2.41 million honey producing colonies. This estimate is based on beekeepers who manage five or more colonies.
• Honey bees do a dance which alerts other bees to where nectar and pollen are located. The dance explains direction and distance. Bees also communicate with pheromones.
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