Bees Facts 🐝

They are known to have existed for about how many years

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

Powdery substance bees spread so plants can reproduce

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

Smooth concave structure on a bees leg that helps hold pollen

They have how many odour receptors

Sweet sugary substance bees eat for energy and to produce food

They cannot see what colour of light?

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

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

They evolved from which predatory insect?

Leader of the hive/colony

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

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

They use this to protect and sterilize their hive

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

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

Name for a male

Bees use what as a navigation source

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.

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

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

They're able to recognize what human feature

Only females have them

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

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

The shape a bee makes honeycomb in and the shape that makes up the pattern on their eyes

Tasty and nutritious food bees produce which never spoils

Name for a typical female