HONEY AND HONEY BEE – AMAZING AND INTERESTING FACTS

HONEY AND HONEY BEE – AMAZING AND INTERESTING FACTS

>Honey Bee is the only insect to produce food that is eaten by man.

>A Honey Bee produces very less amount of honey in her lifetime i-e 1/12th of a teaspoon.

>Once they feel threatened they try to sting the enemy and they die soon after they sting.

>To gather one pound of honey, approximately 556 worker honey bees collect nectar from more than 2 million flowers while a single honey bee fly around 90,000 miles to make one pound of honey.

>Honey was used as a form of payment by the Egyptians in ancient times.

>A Queen Bee is the largest Bee in the hive and can lay up to 2000 eggs daily.

>It is very easy to digest Honey because it is already digested once by Honey Bee.

>Honey has the best healing effects and it can heal the wounds very quickly and efficiently.

> Honey never spoils. While exploring the Egyptian pyramids, geologists found Honey of those times that was just fine and could be used.

>There are about 20,000 species of honey and amazingly just four of them can make honey.

>Honey is also know as the nature’s energy booster as it is the greatest source of carbohydrates, glucose and fructose as well as anti-oxidants