HONEYBEES by the numbers


The average lifespan of a worker bee


weeks 7


One pound of honey requires


nectar from two million flowers and the life’s work of about


honeybees


769 3-5


years


The average lifespan of a queen bee


The average number of bees one hive can house


50,000 2,000


The number of eggs a queen bee can lay in one day


Female honeybees outnumber


male honeybees 100 to 1 90-95 degrees


Average temperature inside a hive


miles per hour Top flight speed for a honeybee


15


The number of true honeybee species in the world


The number of pounds of pollen one colony can collect annually


7 66


20,000


The total number of bee species in the world


35


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