Bees have knees. The expression comes from the fact that they store large build-ups of pollen in hairy baskets on their knees.
100 Mind-Blowing Bees Facts
Honey and items immersed in honey can be preserved for centuries. The long shelf life is due to an enzyme found in the stomachs of bees.
The average temperature of a beehive is the same as a human body. Bees flap their wings to regulate heat.
A standard 12oz jar of honey takes 864 bees to produce.
For her part as June Boatwright in the 2008 movie “The Secret Life of Bees,” Alicia Keys learned to play cello within 4 weeks.
Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.
Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest. Bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
Bees can make coloured honey. In France, there’s a biogas plant that manages waste from a Mars chocolate factory, where M&Ms are made. Beekeepers nearby noticed that their bees were making “unnatural shades of green and blue” honey. A spokesperson from the British Beekeepers’ Association theorized that the bees eating the sugary M&M waste caused the coloured honey.
Bees bite. To protect their hives from outsiders, some “guard bees” will monitor the entrance and sniff bees that come in. If they find an outsider bee from another hive, the guard bee will bite and sting the intruder.
Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest. Bees are endlessly interesting creatures with a lot of amazing fun facts. One of which is that bees can fly over 29,525 feet above sea level. That’s even higher than Mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world.
Bees can make different colours of honey. Beekeepers in France once noticed that their bees were making shades of green and blue honey. It was later discovered that the bees were consuming colourful M&M waste from a nearby Mars factory.
Male bees can only mate once. After mating with a female, the male bee’s endophallus is removed. Its abdomen also rips open and results in the male bee’s death. Now that’s what we call a bad date.
Honeybees can recognise human faces. Bees see in a compilation of over 5000 individual images. They combine all of these images to recognise their surroundings.
Bumblebees can fly at great heights. Bumblebees can fly beyond the height of Mt. Everest. Researchers were shocked to discover that two bees that they were tracking were able to fly up to 30,000 feet high.
Some bees don’t make honey. Out of the 20,000 species of bees on Earth, only 7 make honey. One of the interesting facts you never thought about.
Bees have 5 eyes. The 3 small eyes on a bee’s head detect light and help them escape from predators approaching from above. The 2 visible front eyes help them with navigation and recognising shapes.
Bees are found everywhere in the world apart from Antarctica.
Bees may fly up to 60 miles in one day. What a hustle!
Bees can get drunk on fermented tree sap. It doesn’t go well for those who partake, however. Bees that get drunk on fermented tree sap are often attacked by the sober bees and even denied access to the hive!
Bees not only sting humans, but they also sting other bees. Guard bees will protect the entrance of the hive. If a trespasser attempts to get into the hive, these guards will bite and sting the intruder.
To make one pound of honey, honey bees must gather nectar from nearly 2 million flowers.
Beekeepers in France noticed that their bees were producing honey in unusual shades of green and blue. After investigating, the beekeepers discovered that the bees had been eating remnants of M&M candy shells from a nearby factory.
Bees dance to communicate.