Bees Facts 🐝

They're able to recognize what human feature

Which female name is derived from the greek word for honey bee

They're able to see what which makes flowers appear bright to them

Name for a typical female

Bees use what as a navigation source

Powdery substance bees spread so plants can reproduce

Name for a male

They have how many odour receptors

Name of the alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey, yeast and water. The world's oldest alcoholic beverage.

They are known to have existed for about how many years

Name of the dance they do to communicate food sources etc.

The special food that is secreted, then harvested from young bees which is then fed to larva to evolve them. Triggering a process known as epigenetics.

Because of their acute sense of smell (50x a dog) they are able to detect what?

Measured by weight not lethality, Bees have venom deadlier than which type of snake

Still-edible honey was found in which famous kings tomb?

Although the exact note varies, bees tend to buzz their wings at what musical pitch?

A Honey bees brain is about the size of what type of seed

They use this to protect and sterilize their hive

Smooth concave structure on a bees leg that helps hold pollen

They cannot see what colour of light?

Colonies each have their own distinct what, so that members can identify each other

Tasty and nutritious food bees produce which never spoils

Only females have them

Leader of the hive/colony

Sweet sugary substance bees eat for energy and to produce food

They have 2 of these, one for honey and one for digestion

During the late summer when nectar is scarce, bees will resort to what to keep their colony alive

They evolved from which predatory insect?

About what fraction of a teaspoon does one individual bee produce in their life