A full pollen load weighs about 1/6th of the weight of a bee
A full load of nectar weighs about ½ the weight of a bee
The oldest known record of humans interest in honeybees is a drawing on a cave wall in eastern Spain, which is dated to approximately 8,000-11,000 years old. It depicts a man climbing a ladder to collect honey from a nest. Similar drawings have also been found in caves in Zimbabwe and South Africa
Ancient records show that beekeeping originated about 6,000 years ago in both China and Egypt
The pollen baskets on a honey bee are situated on their legs and are called 'corbicula'
Nectar is carried in the crop/honey stomach
The average worker bee will fly approximately 500 miles before she wears out and dies
A queen bee has to eat 80 times her own weight to produce 2,000 eggs per day
A bee will visit 50-100 flowers during one trip
Honey can range in colour from white to gold to dark brown and it usually has a stronger taste when it's colour is darker.
A bee must tap 2 million flowers to make 1lb of honey and would have to fly 55,000 miles to get it
One bee will make 0.8g (1/10 of a teaspoon) of honey during her lifetime
Mead is made from fermented honey
Drambuie is a scotch liquer which is made from honey
Like the male Bumble Bee, drones (males) don't have stings
A worker honeybee in summer lives only 6 to 8 weeks
A hive can contain up to 70,000 bees in the middle of summer