Merioneth Beekeepers' Association
Friday 06 February 2010
CH writes: 12ºC today and the bees were loving coming to our patch of winter heather near the front door (see 'Photographs Page'). The snow drops and hazel catkins are also out for the bees to visit for their first collection of pollen and nectar of the year.
Did you know ...
Bees have been producing honey for at least 150 million years.
The honeycomb is composed of hexagonal cells with walls that are only 2/1000 inch thick, but support 25 times their own weight.
In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey.
To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers.
A queen can lay 3,000 eggs in a day.
Theoretically, the energy in one ounce of honey would provide one bee with enough energy to fly around the world.
Honey is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated.
Bees cannot recognize the color red.