Most people know that bees are fascinating insects but did you know that they have five eyes and two pairs of wings? Check out these random facts about bees for more…
Some of us are scared of them, others just love them, although most don’t want to get too close to them, just in case.
Sure, most people know that bees make honey, are highly intelligent and developed and die when they sting someone. But there’s a lot more to bees than just that – a whole lot more.
For example, there are three kinds of bees in a hive; the Queen, the Worker. and the Drone, all of which have their own special place and job within the colony.
And just think very time you spread honey on your bread, that thousands of bees worked mighty hard to give you that yummy sweet and healthy spread. So it’s well worth getting to know some amazing facts about bees, and there’s also plenty to learn from them.
In our efforts here at Lifedaily to bring you the very best and most interesting material to read, to brighten up your day just a little, we found some amazing random facts about bees and just had to share them with you.
- Bees have two stomachs – one stomach for eating and the other special stomach is for storing nectar collected from flowers or water so that they can carry it back to their hive.
- The male bees in the hive are called drones. Part of their job in the hive is to mate with the queen.
- Only worker bees who use their stinger will die, not all bees.
- Bees go through four stages of development: Egg, Larvae, Pupae and Adult Bee.
- Bees are the only insect in the world that makes food that humans can eat.
- A honeybee can fly 24 km in an hour. Its wings beat 200 times per second or 12,000 beats per minute!!
- A beehive in summer can have as many as 50,000 to 80,000 bees.
- A bee must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey.
- Bees communicate through chemical scents called pheromones, and through special bee dances.
- Propolis is a sticky substance that bees collect from the buds of trees. Bees use propolis to weatherproof their hive against drafts, or in spots where rain might leak in.
There are hundreds of amazing facts about bees that we could share with you, but we know you’re busy and need to get on with your day.
So we hope this small selection will keep you going for now. The next time you eat honey, you’ll know a whole lot more about where it came from.
