1. How many flowers must honey bees tap to make one pound of honey?
2. How far does a hive of bees fly to bring you one
pound of honey?
3. How much honey does the
average worker honey bee make in her lifetime?
4. How fast does a honey bee fly?
5. How much honey would it take to fuel a bee's flight around the world?
6. Why were honey bees at one time called "white man's flies"?
7. What is mead?
8. How long have bees been producing honey from flowering plants?
9. How many sides does each honeycomb cell have?
10. What is the
11. What state is known as the beehive state?
12. How many wings does a honey bee have?
13. How many beekeepers are there in the
14. How many honey-producing colonies of bees are
there in the
15. How many flowers does a honey bee visit during one collection trip?
16. How do honey bees "communicate" with one another?
17. What does "super" mean to a beekeeper?
Trivia Answers
1. Two million
2. Over 55,000 miles
3. 1/12 teaspoon
4. About 15 miles per hour
5. About one ounce (or two tablespoons)
6. North American Natives called honey
bees this because they were brought to
7. Honey Wine
8. 10-20 million years
9. Six
10. 1.31 pounds
11.
12. Four
13. An estimated 211,600
14. The USDA estimates that there are
approximately 3 million honey producing colonies in the
15. 50-100 flowers
16. “Dancing.” Honey bees do a dance
which alerts other bees where nectar and pollen is located. The dance explains
direction and distance. Bees also communicate with pheromones.
17. The super is the hive box in which
honey is stored.
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