Bees: Some Fun Facts
01-01-2014

Bees: Some Facts

Here are 10 interesting facts about bees.

1.Male bees cannot sting as they do not have a stinger.

2.An adult human can withstand 1000 bee stings unless they suffer from bee sting allergies. 

3.Bee stingers have a different type of venom to wasp stingers.

4.The biggest beehive ever recorded is located in Ville de Falher in Canada. 

5.Honey bees are assigned jobs based on their age.

6.30 grams of honey can provide enough fuel for a honey bee to fly around the world.

7.A change in the queen bee will change the personality and behaviour of the bee colony.

8.Bees have a total of five eyes - two compound eyes and three tiny ocelli eyes.

9.Honey, which is produced by bees is the only food produced by insects that we can eat.

10.The flowers where the bees collect the nectar contributes to the flavour and colour of the honey. 

Bees play an important role in the environment.  Contact us if you have bees or a bee hive that needs removing.  We relocate the bees to commercial bee hives for honey production

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