BEES

Bees live in the whole world, except Antarctica, with 20,000 different species. A colony can contain up to 60,000 bees with each single worker bee producing 0.083 of a teaspoon of honey.

Queen bees

Queen bees live up to 2-3 years but in that time only need to leave the hive twice. The reasons being mating and the other if the colony swarms. Queen bees are the largest bee at 2cm, double a worker bee at 1cm. 

More bee facts

• Drones (aka male honeybees) can only mate once as they die straight after
• A hive is a constant 93 degrees Fahrenheit all-year-round
• A worker bee can visit up to 2,000 flowers per day
• A hive can produce an emergency queen bee from one of her eggs