Bee the cure - Save the bees

"If honey bees become extinct, human society will follow in four years." ~ Ernest A. Fortin

~FUN FACTS~

• Bees have 5 eyes.
• Bees are insects, so they have 6 legs.
• Male bees in the hive are called drones.
• Bees can fly about 30 kph.
• Female bees in the hive (except the queen) are called worker bees.
• Number of eggs laid by queen: 2,000 per day is the high.
• Losing its stinger will cause a bee to die.
• Bees carry pollen on their hind legs in a pollen basket or corbicula.
• An average beehive can hold around 50,000 bees.
• Foragers must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey.
• The average forager makes about 1/12 th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
• Bees have 2 pairs of wings.
• The principal form of communication among honey bees is through chemicals called pheromones.
• Bees are important because they pollinate approximately 130 agricultural crops including fruit, fiber, nut, and vegetable crops.


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