26 Interesting Honey Bee Facts
Honey bees are insects which are very helpful to humans. They provide us with honey. Honey is very useful for health and for making medicines. Honey bees are said to have originated in south and southeast Asia. Interesting Honey Bee Facts 26 Interesting Honey Bee Facts 1. The best known honey bee is the Western honey bee or European honey bee which has been domesticated for honey production and crop pollination. 2. A colony of bees consists of 20,000 to 60,000 honey bees & one queen bee . 3. Each honey bee colony has a unique odor for member's identification. 4. There are three types of bees in the hive - Queen, Worker and Drone. 5. The Queen bee can live up to 5 years and is the only bee that lays egg. It can lay about 1,500 to 2,000 eggs per day. 6. Drones, the only male honey bees, die immediately after mating. Their only purpose is to provide sperm to the queen. 7. Worker bees have a normal lifespan of 45 days. 8. A queen honey bee does not die if she stings ...