There are about 20,000 different types of bee.The bestvknown is probably the honeybee,but not all bee are live colonies like the honeybee.Many live alone and their own their nests.
#Fact 1
Wallace's giant bees are the world's largest at up to 4cm long.They were first found in Indonesia in 1858 but were then thought to have become extinct.In 1981 the bees were rediscovered.
#Fact 2
Honeybees are the only insect that make food which humans eat.Bees make honey to feed the inhabitants to their hives durning winter.The Honey they do not eat is harvested by beekeepers.Bees also make beeswax which is used to make candle and furniture polish.
#Fact 3
One beehive may contain 50,000 work bees-these are the bees which collect nectar from flower to make honey.
#Fact 4
Honeybees visit up to five million flower to make one kilo of honey.The fly a total distance equal to flying four times round the Earth.
#Fact 5
Queen bees can lay two or three thousand eggs a day- as many as 200,000 eggs a year.They may live as long as five year,so can produce a illion eggs.
#Fact 6
Honeybee's wings beat 11,400 times a minutes .These wings movement make the bees familiar buzz.
#Fact 7
1.3 million tonnes of honey are produced worldwide every year.China is the main producer with 276,000 tonnes,followed by the USA with 82,000.
#Fact 8
The smallest bee is the Brazilian Trigona duckie at 2-5mm.
#Fact 9
Some people are the allergic to sting,which can even be fatal.In 1962 in Rhodesia,Johannes Relleke was stung 2,243 times by wild bees,but survived.