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Honey Bee
Get to Know Honey Bee
Bees pollinate approximately 130 agricultural crops in the US including fruit, fiber, nut, and vegetable crops. Bee pollination adds approximately 14 billion dollars annually to improved crop yield and quality making them very important.
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Bee Facts
- Bees have 5 eyes
- Bees fly about 20 mph
- Bees have been here about 30 million years!
- Bees carry pollen on their hind legs in a pollen basket or corbicula
- An average beehive can hold around 50,000 bees
- Foragers must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey
- The average forager makes about 1/12 th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
- Average per capita honey consumption in the US is 1.3 pounds Learn More Bee Facts
Bee Friendly Garden
- Bee balm (Monarda spp.)
- Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Marsh blazing star (Liatris spicata)
Want to create a bee friendly garden? Here are some flowers to get you started.
