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Bee Facts
Pollination
- One-third of our food supply is dependent, either
directly or indirectly, on insect pollination. Honeybees
accomplish an estimated 80% of insect pollination.
Honeybees are needed to pollinate a variety of fruits,
berries, vegetables, tree nuts, oil seeds, and legumes.
A 1999 Cornell University Study reported that the
direct value of honeybee pollination is over $14 billion
annually. This value only reflects the value of increased
crop yields and quality due to honeybee pollination.
The study does not assign a value for honeybee pollination
of home gardens, wildlife, etc.
Did
you know?
- Honeybees
must tap two million flowers to make one pound of
honey.
- A
worker honeybee makes 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey
in her entire lifetime.
- A
honeybee flies about 15 miles per hour.
- Honeybees
communicate through dance; it is called the waggle
dance.
- On
average, a person consumes 1.1 pounds of honey per
year.
- A
worker bee visits 50-100 flowers in one collection
trip.
- Worker
bees live for 35-45 days.
- A
Queen bee can lay 3,000 eggs in a single day.
- A
colony contains:
1 Queen bee
500 - 1,000 Drones in a colony
50,000 to 60,000 Worker honeybees
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