Bees Facts 🐝

Leader of the hive/colony

Powdery substance bees spread so plants can reproduce

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

They evolved from which predatory insect?

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

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

They have how many odour receptors

Sweet sugary substance bees eat for energy and to produce food

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

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

They cannot see what colour of light?

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

Tasty and nutritious food bees produce which never spoils

Name for a male

Bees use what as a navigation source

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

They use this to protect and sterilize their hive

They're able to recognize what human feature

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

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

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

Only females have them

Name for a typical female

Smooth concave structure on a bees leg that helps hold pollen

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

They are known to have existed for about how many years

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.

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

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