#honebees — Public Fediverse posts
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These bees were photographed in #GlenIris #Australia on a #magnolia bush.
They were ‘busy’ indeed!!
Some quick facts about honeybees; Only female honey bees can sting, the males (drones) are not able to sting.
A typical active #honeybee colony may have around 50,000 workers Honey bees communicate through pheromones.
Honey bees fly up to 25 klm/h (15 mph) and beat their wings 200 times per second or 12,000 beats per minute!
Drones die after mating.
Foraging honey #bees fly about 88,000 klm’s (55,000 miles) collectively, to produce a half a kilogram (approx 1 pound) of honey, visiting around 2 million flowers.
Each honey #bee makes about 1 twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its entire life time 😳
A worker honeybees lifetime? Between 30 - 60 days.
#flora #botanics #gardening #garden #nature #Australia #AustralianBush #Narrm #melbourne #mothernature #nature #bees #honey #honebees #honeybee #makesmehappy
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