Bee

Learn about Bees!

10 FUN FACTS ABOUT BEES:

• The reason bees are so noisy is because they beat their wings 11,400 times in one minute!
• Only female bees can sting. Male bees don’t have stingers.
• Honey bees communicate through a series of dance moves.
• A hive of bees will fly over 55,000 miles to make 1lb of honey and can create 100lbs of honey in a year.
• Bees can sense the hormone a human gives off when they’re scared. If they feel their hive is threatened they’ll attack.
• The Honey Bee is the only insect that makes food man can eat.
• Each Honey Bee from the same hive has their own specific color identification.
• The Ancient Egyptian King Pepy II came up with a clever insect repellent. He would cover a slave completely with honey so they would be attracted to the honey and not him.
• Eating honey makes you smarter! It has an antioxidant that improves brain functions.
• 1 bee has 5 eyes!