For our extraction day this coming Sunday, I'd like to have a leaflet
to hand out with some handy facts about honey and bees.
 
Can people share their bee trivia with me?
 
I promise to post my compiled list.
 
Thanks!
 
Here's what I have to start:
 
Flight Speed
 
9 mph loaded
8 mph empty
 
Nectar Collecting
 
50-80% of the flying bees are collecting nectar
100-1,500 flower visits per load
1-24 trips per day
36-50 microliters per load (50 microliters = 1 eyedropper drop)
5-150 minutes per trip
150 lbs of honey, in mileage, equals 13 round trips to the moon.
(150 lbs equals the average yield of two bee hives in Virginia, USA,
per year)
 
(all of above from Adam Finkelstein [log in to unmask])
 
Thanks again!
 
--glen