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How long has the honey bee existed?
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The honey bee has been around for millions of years.
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What job do bees do that is so important to the environment?
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Honey bees are vital as pollinators.
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What is the ONLY insect that produces food for people?
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The honey bee
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Name some “good stuff” found in honey.
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Honey contains:
enzymes vitamins minerals water an antioxidant associated with improved brain functioning. |
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How many legs does a bee have?
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Honey bees have 6 legs.
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How many eyes does a bee have?
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A honey bee has 2 compound eyes made up of thousands of tiny lenses (one on each side of the head), AND 3 simple eyes on the top of the head.
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How many wings does a bee have?
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A honey bee has 2 pairs of wings
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What sense helps a bee find flowers?
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Their sense of smell.
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How fast do a honey bees wings flap?
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The honey bee's wings stroke incredibly fast, about 200 beats per second.
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What make a bee's buzzing sound?
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Their wings.
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How far can a bee fly?
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A honey bee can fly for up to six miles.
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How fast can a honey bee fly?
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As fast as 15 miles per hour.
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How much honey does one worker bee produce in her lifetime?
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The average worker bee produces about 1/12th teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
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How many miles will a hive of bees fly in total to collect 1 kg of honey?
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A hive of bees will fly 90,000 miles, the equivalent of three orbits around the earth to collect 1 kg of honey.
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How much honey would a bee have to eat to have enough energy to fly around the earth one time?
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It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee’s flight around the world.
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How many flowers will a bee visit in one collecting trip?
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A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.
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How big is a bee's brain?
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About the size of a sesame seed.
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How many bees in a colony?
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A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen.
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Are worker bees boys or girls?
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Worker honey bees are female
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How long do worker bees live?
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About 6 weeks.
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How long does a queen bee live?
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The queen bee can live up to 5 years.
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What are the boy bees called?
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Drones
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How do bees recognize their own colony?
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By it's smell
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Which kind of bees will sting?
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Only worker bees sting, and only if they feel threatened and they die once they sting. Queens have a stinger, but they don’t leave the hive to help defend it.
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How do worker bees communicate with each other?
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Honey bees communicate with one another by "dancing".
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What do bees do in winter?
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During winter, honey bees feed on the honey they collected during the warmer months. They form a tight cluster in their hive to keep the queen and themselves warm.
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