• How many flowers must honeybees tap to make one pound of honey? 2 million

• How many flowers does a honeybee visit during one collection trip? 50 to 100

• How far does a hive of bees fly to bring you one pound of honey? More than 55,000 miles

• How much honey does the average worker honeybee make in its lifetime? One-twelfth of a teaspoon

• How fast does a honeybee fly? About 15 miles per hour full speed and about 8 to 10 miles per hour when loaded with pollen

• How much honey would it take to fuel a bee's flight around the world? About one ounce, or two tablespoons

• How many eyes does a honeybee have? Five

• How many wings does a honeybee have? Four

• How many sides does each honey comb cell have? Six. Studies by engineers determined that this six-sided, hexagonal shape is the strongest possible structure using a minimum of materials. Engineers now use hexagonal designs to strengthen their structures.

• Honeybees are not native to the U.S. They are European in origin, and were brought to North America by the early settlers.

• Honeybees are not aggressive by nature, and will not sting unless protecting their hive from an intruder or are unduly provoked.

• Honeybees represent a highly organized society, with various bees having very specific roles during their lifetime: e.g. nurses, guards, grocers, housekeepers, construction workers, royal attendants, undertakers, foragers, etc.

• The Queen Bee can live for several years. Worker bees live for 6 weeks during the busy summer, and for 4 to 9 months during the winter months.

• The honeybee hive is perennial. Although quite inactive during the winter, the honeybee survives the winter months by clustering for warmth. By self-regulating the internal temperature of the cluster, the bees maintain 93 degrees Fahrenheit in the center of the winter cluster (regardless of the outside temperature).

• Fossils of honeybees date back 100 million years.

• Many Egyptian tombs have drawings of bees.

• Who was the mythological Roman God who dipped his arrows in honey? Cupid

• Beeswax has been used for man's advantage and benefit for thousands of years. In all of man's history, there's been mention of beeswax, even from biblical times. When you burn a beeswax candle, you renew sacred traditions.

• The Romans used honey instead of gold to pay their taxes.

• How do honeybees communicate with one another? "Dancing" (honeybees do a dance, which alerts other bees where nectar and pollen was located. The dance explains directions and distance) and with pheromones.

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