Honey Trivia

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* Please see bottom of page for answers to the Honey Trivia

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Questions

1. How many flowers must honey bees tap to make one pound of honey?

2. How far does a hive of bees fly to bring you one pound of honey?

3. How much honey does the average worker honey bee make in her lifetime?

4. How fast does a honey bee fly?

5. How much honey would it take to fuel a bee's flight around the world?

6. How many eyes does a honey bee have?

7. Why are honey bees sometimes called "white man's flies?"

8. What is mead?

9. How long have bees bee producing honey from flowering plants?

10. How many sides does each honeycomb cell have?

11. How many wings does a honey bee have?

12. How many flowers does a honey bee visit during one collection trip?

13. How do honey bees communicate with one another?

14. Who was the mythological Greek god who dipped his arrows in honey?

15. What does "super" mean to a beekeeper?

16. How many beekeepers are there in Canada?

17. How many colonies of honey bees are there in Canada?

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Answers

1. Two million

2. Over 55,000 miles

3. 1/12 teaspoon

4. About 15 miles per hour.

5. About one ounce

6. Five

7. North American natives called bees this because they were brought to     North America by colonists.

8. Honey wine

9. 10 - 20 million years.

10. Six

11. Four

12. 50 - 100.

13. "Dancing" honey bees do a dance which alerts other bees where nectar        and pollen was located. The  dance explains direction and distance. Bees        also communicate with pheromones.

14. Cupid.

15. The super is the hive box in which honey is stored.

16. Approximately 11, 000 beekeepers

17. Approximately 600,000 colonies of honey bees

*Courtesy of the National Honey Board & Canadian Honey Council*