- A Bee must visit 4000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
- A honey bee visits between 50 and 100 flowers during one collection trip.
- A honey bee flies at about 12 to 15 mph.
- The average honey bee worker makes 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
- Honey bees are the only insects that produce food for humans.
- A toxin in bee venom called melittin may prevent HIV.
