To collect a pound of honey a bee might have to fly a distance equivalent to twice round the world. This is likely to involve more than 10,000 flower visits on perhaps 500 foraging trips.
A worker honeybee in summer lives only 6 to 8 weeks from the time she hatches as an adult bee. Before that, it takes just 3 weeks for her to develop from an egg.
Published 12.Mar.2009, 1:39pm
Royal Entomological Society
Ninth Meeting Of The "Insect Conservation" Special Interest Group
"The Conservation Of Aculeates"
Date: Wednesday, 1st April, 2009.
Start time: 10.00 am.
Venue: Conference Centre, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
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