Fun Facts about Bees & Honey - The Tasmanian Honey Company

There are over 1,500 species of Australian native bee’s and around 20,000 different species in the world
A bee’s brain is as small as a sesame seed but they are excellent Mathematicians and Engineers. They knew a hexagon is the strongest shape and gives them the maximum storage capacity.
Bees have 5 eyes. 2 compound eyes on each side of their head that are made up of tiny lenses and 3 simple eyes on the top of the head.
They can see all colours except for red.
A Honeybees wings stroke 11,400 per minute!
Worker bees have a 6-8 week life span.
One bee will only produce 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in their lifetime.
When a honeybee has found a new patch of flowers they will go back to the hive a preform a “Waggle dance”, much like a figure of 8. This communication is telling the other Workers the direction and distance to the newly found nectar and pollen.
Honeybees never sleep!
Drones (male) do not have stingers. Once a Worker bee (female) stings they will die.
The average beehive can house around 50,000 bees.
Each Bee has 170 odorant receptors, which means they are very sensitive to smell.
A single Queen bee can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day.
The Queen can select the sex of their larvae.
Bees are the best pollinators in the world. Around 1/3 of our food comes from a bee’s honey pollination.
To make 1 jar of honey, bees will need to visit around 2 million flowers.
Honey is the only food that will not rot.
Honey is the only food that contains all the essential nutrients needed to sustain life.