Bee Factoids

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Honey bee legs	Super User	4430
Two stomachs	Super User	7494
Long live the Queen	Super User	3486
1/12th of a teaspoon	Super User	3537
The size of a colony	Super User	3518
Honey requires a lot of work	Super User	4448
Worker bees can create a new queen	Super User	3746
The alarm pheromone	Super User	3618

Bees sense of smell is 50 times better than that of dogs

Honey bees have 170 odorant receptors in their antenna, and have a sense of smell 50 times betterthan a dog. Bees are able to detect... Read More
No honey for Infants under 12 months

Honey should never be given to a child under the age of 12 months. Infant botulism, which was first recognized in 1976, is a toxic... Read More
The alarm pheromone

When honey bees become alarmed (usually in response to a perceived threat to the hive) they emit the strong-smelling pheromones isopentyl... Read More
30 million flowers to the pound

To make 1lb of beeswax (0.45kg) requires about 6lbs (2.72kg) of honey to be consumed, this means for each pound of beeswax that the... Read More
The size of a colony

A colony of bees consists of between 20,000 - 60,000 honeybees with one queen. Worker honey bees are female and live for about 6 weeks in... Read More
Swarming honeybees can produce a greater electric charge for their density than a thunderstorm cloud.

Reserchers at the University of Bristol in the UK found that bee swarms created an electric charge ranging from 100 to 1000 volts per metre. Read More
Honey bees speed limit 15 mph (24 km/h)

A honey bee flies at about15 mph(24 km/h) but they are capable of flying faster at over 27 mph.There is now increasing evidence that honey... Read More