Honey Bee Facts
Honey bees are not native to America. They were first brought to this continent by the Europeans.
There was a species of honey bee that existed in North America but went extinct during the last ice age.
There is only one queen per hive.
The queen bee is a mature female and is the only member of the hive that can lay female eggs.
The worker bees are all female and make all the decisions in the hive.
The drone bees (male) are kicked out of the hive during the fall.
Honey bees were kept by the Egyptians and honey was found in the tombs of the pharaohs.
Honey bees are a critical component in the pollination of many fruits and nut crops.
One honey bee can visit over 16,000 flowers in its lifetime.
Honey bees are one of the few social insects that keep colony integrity from year to year.
One of the first know honey bee hives in the Americas was in our hometown of Hampton, NH.
Honey bees can only sting a human once and will lose their stinger.
Honey bee workers have a barbed stinger but the queen has a smooth stinger.
Male Honey bees have no stingers and do not defend the hive.
It takes approximately 8 lbs of honey for a honey bee hive to product 1 lb of wax.
Honey bees do not hibernate during the winter, instead they stay in the hive and cluster to create warmth.
Honey bees communicate to each other with dancing/vibrations and scents.
Honey bees produce wax using wax glands.
There was a species of honey bee that existed in North America but went extinct during the last ice age.
There is only one queen per hive.
The queen bee is a mature female and is the only member of the hive that can lay female eggs.
The worker bees are all female and make all the decisions in the hive.
The drone bees (male) are kicked out of the hive during the fall.
Honey bees were kept by the Egyptians and honey was found in the tombs of the pharaohs.
Honey bees are a critical component in the pollination of many fruits and nut crops.
One honey bee can visit over 16,000 flowers in its lifetime.
Honey bees are one of the few social insects that keep colony integrity from year to year.
One of the first know honey bee hives in the Americas was in our hometown of Hampton, NH.
Honey bees can only sting a human once and will lose their stinger.
Honey bee workers have a barbed stinger but the queen has a smooth stinger.
Male Honey bees have no stingers and do not defend the hive.
It takes approximately 8 lbs of honey for a honey bee hive to product 1 lb of wax.
Honey bees do not hibernate during the winter, instead they stay in the hive and cluster to create warmth.
Honey bees communicate to each other with dancing/vibrations and scents.
Honey bees produce wax using wax glands.