The honey shelves at the supermarket astonish me now that I keep bees. To make one pound of honey, a colony has to fly 55,000 miles, according to the National Honey Board. A single worker bee ...

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Some honey bee facts, according to NHB: About one-third of the human diet is derived from insect-pollinated plants, and honey bees are responsible for 80% of this pollination.

In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey. To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers.

When a honey bee stings a human or animal, its barbed stinger stays in its victim, and the bee eventually dies as a result. Remove the stinger as quickly as you can to minimize pain.