Bee trıvıa
Here are some more interesting things about bees.
In the past, honey was so valued as a natural sweetener that it could be used to pay taxes in some countries.
Honey is considered by some cultures to be “the food of the Gods”.
Honey can be kept for hundreds of years without going off. Honey is produced by bees from plant nectar.
Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, vitamins, minerals and water; plus, it’s the only food that contains “pinocembrin”, an antioxidant that helps your brain function more effectively.
A honeybee makes a buzzing sound because its wingsflap approximately 11,000 times per minute.
Bees have been producing honey from flowering plants for 10-12 million years.
Bees are social insects and live in large colonies. If humans have provided the nest, these colonies are referred to as “hives” or “beehives”. A colony of bees consists of 20 to 60,000 honeybees and one queen. Bees are known as eusocial” (pronounced “you social”) animals, with an advanced level of organisation and a single female producing the offspring.