10 INTERESTING BEE FACTS
1. Bees' 11,400 wing beats per minute are the reason they make such a lot of noise!
2. Stinging bees are only female. Bees that are male lack stingers.
3. Honey bees use a set of dance steps to exchange messages.
4. A hive of bees may produce 100lbs of honey in a year and will travel over 55,000 miles to produce 1lb.
5. Bees are able to detect the hormone that humans release when they are terrified. They will attack if they perceive that their hive is in danger.
6. Only the honey bee produces food that humans can consume.
7. Each Honey Bee from the same hive has a distinctive hue that can be used to identify it.
8. Pepy II, King of the Ancient Egyptians, invented a cunning insecticide.
9. He would totally coat a slave in honey so that they would be drawn to the honey and not to him.
10. Honey improves brain function! It contains an antioxidant that enhances mental performance.