As we are Bee obsessed we thought we would share some fun facts about these cute little black and yellow creatures.

Did you know,

• All worker bees are female.
• A bee produces a teaspoon of honey (about 5 grams) in her lifetime.
• To produce a kilogram of honey, bees fly the equivalent of three times around the world in air miles.
• The type of flower the bees take their nectar from determines the honey’s flavour.
• Male bees (drones) have bigger eyes to help them find the Queen Bee.
• Bees mate high in the sky. Afterwards the male bee loses his reproductive organs and dies.
• A Queen Bee can produce 2,000 eggs a day. Fertilised eggs become females and unfertilised eggs become males, with the help of pheromones.
• To get more bees in your garden grow more colour.
• Bees love blue and love cluster plants like lavender and rosemary.
• Bees don’t want to sting you because they die.
• There are over 20,000 different species of bee, found on every continent except Antarctica.
• Honey has been shown to have many health benefits both when eaten and when applied to the skin. The darker the honey the better.

Source: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2002-bees-fun-facts

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