Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Jun 16, 2012 6:35:49 GMT 1
• A single bee colony can produce more than 100 pounds of extra honey.
• It takes one colony of honey bees (around 30,000 bees) to pollinate an acre of fruit trees. Pollination success increases if there are more honey bees present at the time of peak flowering.
• A colony of honey bees in early spring has 10,000 to 15,000 bees. A colony of honey bees in summer has 50,000 to 60,000 bees.
• A honey bee flies up to 15 mph and its wings beat 200 times per second .
• A normal colony of honey bees contains only one queen, who may lay 2,000 eggs per day during her busy season.
• There may be 60,000 or more worker bees (undeveloped females ) who do all the work.
• There will also be several hundred drones (male bees).
• A worker bee gathers 1/10 teaspoon of honey in her entire life.
• It requires 10,000 worker bees to gather a pound of honey.
• Bees fly the equivalent of more than twice around the world to gather a pound of honey.
• The average life of a honey bee during the working season is about six weeks.
Source: York County Beekeeper’s Association
• It takes one colony of honey bees (around 30,000 bees) to pollinate an acre of fruit trees. Pollination success increases if there are more honey bees present at the time of peak flowering.
• A colony of honey bees in early spring has 10,000 to 15,000 bees. A colony of honey bees in summer has 50,000 to 60,000 bees.
• A honey bee flies up to 15 mph and its wings beat 200 times per second .
• A normal colony of honey bees contains only one queen, who may lay 2,000 eggs per day during her busy season.
• There may be 60,000 or more worker bees (undeveloped females ) who do all the work.
• There will also be several hundred drones (male bees).
• A worker bee gathers 1/10 teaspoon of honey in her entire life.
• It requires 10,000 worker bees to gather a pound of honey.
• Bees fly the equivalent of more than twice around the world to gather a pound of honey.
• The average life of a honey bee during the working season is about six weeks.
Source: York County Beekeeper’s Association
