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Monday, 11 March 2013

HONEY AND HONEY BEE –AMAZING AND INTERESTING FACTS



>Honey Bee is the only insect to produce food that is eaten by man.
A Honey Bee produces very less amount of honey in her lifetime i-e
1/12th of a teaspoon.

>Once they feel threatened they try to sting the enemy and they die soon after they sting.

>To gather one pound of honey, approximately 556 worker honey bees collect nectar from more than 2 million flowers while a single honey bee fly around 90,000 miles to make one pound of honey.

>Honey was used as a form of payment by the Egyptians in ancient
times.