29/10/2021
There are about 21,000 species of bees in the world.
Bees of one hive harvest about 150 kg of honey a year.
Throughout life, one bee produces about one twelfth teaspoon of honey.
Every day, bees around the world pollinate more than a trillion flowers.
In order to make 1 kg of honey, bees need to visit about eight million flowers.
Bees easily find their way home, even if they fly very far from their native hive in search of pollen and nectar.
The average bee swarm weighs 6-8 kilograms.
One cell contains an average of about one hundred thousand pollen particles.
Most bee pollen is collected in the Siberian taiga
During the winter, the bee family eats an average of about 30-35 kg of honey.
The bee is able to recognize the smell of a flower with nectar at a distance of more than a kilometer.
A bee can lift a weight thirty or forty times its own weight, much like an ant
A bee can visit five to seven thousand flowers a day.
Bees communicate with each other through body movements and certain pheromones.
According to the findings of archaeologists, the ancient Egyptians knew beekeeping about seven thousand years ago.
In Sri Lanka, some dishes include bees
