Some interesting facts about bees

Unlike some of their insect cousins that stay alive after they sting other, honey bees will actually die after they sting another being it has been proven

On the hand there are other insects that will sting on a repeated basis without causing any harm to themselves which is by they are feared more

Incredibly it has been found that honey bees do not just have 2 eyes but they do in fact have five eyes, 3 small ones on top of the head and two big ones in front

Carpenter bees are the only type of bee to bore into wood to make their homes which make them quite a pest around the home. This is why carpenter bees extermination methods are quite prevelent.

They way honey bees will communicate which each other is quite different in that they will try and communicate with each other by dancing and by using pheromones

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It has been scientifically found that the brains of bees ate in fact the size of a sesame seed, which are about 20,000 times smaller than the human brain

It has been noted that honey bees will be required to eat about 8 pounds of honey to produce one pound of beeswax which is deposited in the nest

Researchers have found that honey bees are responsible for pollinating approximately 80% of all fruit, vegetable and seed crops in the United States of America alone

The largest group of insects in the world is the group that contain wasps, ants and bees who dominate above any other group of insects in the world today

It has been found that more than any other wasp or bee alive on this planet, the female yellow jacket wasp lays both unfertilized and fertilized eggs then from this female drones emerge from the fertilized egg and male drones develop from the unfertilized egg

The only reason found why bees are only allowed to be able to sting once is that the stinger of the bee remains in the victim’s skin once it had stung the person.

The reason it causes death to the bee is that when the bee moves or is scraped away, the stinger is jerked from the bee’s body along with their venom sac causing their death