Bee Facts
  1. Did you know that honeybees have been around for 19 million years?
  2. A queen honeybee can lay up to 1,500-2,000 eggs in one day.

3.   Inside the hive it is 93-95 Fahrenheit.
   4.   4,000-6,000 honeybees weigh one pound
   5.   An adult queen honeybee lives four years.
   6.   A worker honeybee lives about six weeks.
   7.   A male honeybee does not have a stinger.
   8.   Male honeybees don’t collect pollen.
   9.   Workers are the smallest honeybees of the
    Colony.
  10.   Worker honeybees feed the queen and have
        To guard the entrance of the hive.
  11.   The lady honeybees do all the stinging and
      They collect all the pollen so they do most of
       The work.
 12.  Honeybees flap their wings to keep the hive
       Cool.
 13.  The honeycomb is made from the honeybees
      Hexagonal cells.
 14.  The honeycomb can support 25 times its
      Own weight.
 15. The buzzing sound that comes from the
      Honeybees is caused because they are
      Beating their wings so fast.
16.  Honeybees have to store honey for the winter.

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