- How many flowers must honey bees tap to make one pound of honey? <Answer>
- How far does a hive of bees fly to bring you one pound of honey?<Answer>
- How much honey does the average worker honey bee make in her lifetime?<Answer>
- How fast does a honey bee fly?<Answer>
- How much honey would it take to fuel a bee's flight around the world?<Answer>
About one ounce (or two Tablespoons).
- What is mead?<Answer>
- How many sides does each honeycomb cell have?<Answer>
Each cell is a six-sided hexagon.
- What is the U.S. per capita consumption of honey?<Answer>
On average, each person consumes about 1.31 pounds.
- What state is known as the beehive state?<Answer>
- How many wings does a honey bee have?<Answer>
Each honey bee has four wings.
- How many beekeepers are there in the United States?<Answer>
There are an estimated 211,600 beekeepers in the United States.
- How many honey-producing colonies of bees are there in the United States?<Answer>
The USDA estimates that there are approximately 3 million honey producing colonies in the United States. This estimate is based on beekeepers who manage five or more colonies.
- How many flowers does a honey bee visit during one collection trip? <Answer>
A worker bee visits about 50-100 flowers during each trip.
- How do honey bees "communicate" with one another?<Answer>
They communicate by "dancing." Honey bees do a dance which alerts other bees where nectar and pollen are located. The dance explains direction and distance. Bees also communicate with pheromones.
- What does "super" mean to a beekeeper?<Answer>
Supers are the hive boxes in which honey is stored, usually placed above the deeper box called the "hive body", where brood is reared.
