Honey bees live in hives (or colonies). The members of the hive are divided into three types: Drones, Queen, and Workers.
Each hive has one queen and 100 female worker bees for every male drone bee. The queen’s only job is to lay eggs, and a drone’s job is to mate with the queen.
Propolis is the glue that holds the hive together.
One out of every three bites of food depends on bees.
1 teaspoon of honey is the lifework of 12 bees.
Honey bees NEVER SLEEP.
Honey bees communicate with each other by dancing. They use this dance to show where to find the best nectar, pollen, water, or nest location.
A worker bee may visit 2000 flowers per day.
The queen bee is responsible for the entire population of her hive.
The queen bee lives 60 times longer than worker bees.
During her development, a queen bee is exclusively nourished with Royal jelly.
Queen bees do not eat honey.
The royal duty of a queen bee is to lay up to 1,500 eggs per day.
