Did You Know
See below for a list of ‘Did You Know’ articles relating to Honey to heal.
- Bee girl power
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All worker bees are female.
- Bee productivity
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A bee produces a teaspoon of honey (about 5 grams) in her lifetime.
- Bee traveling distance
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To produce a kilogram of honey, bees fly the equivalent of three times around the world in air miles.
- Honey flavouring
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The type of flower the bees take their nectar from determines the honey’s flavour.
- Bee eyes
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Male bees (drones) have bigger eyes to help them find the Queen Bee.
- Bee death dive
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Bees mate high in the sky. Afterwards the male bee loses his reproductive organs and dies.
- Bee gender and pheromones
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A Queen Bee can produce 2,000 eggs a day. Fertilised eggs become females and unfertilised eggs become males, with the help of pheromones.
- Bees love colour
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To get more bees in your garden grow more colour.
- Bees favourite plants
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Bees love blue and love cluster plants like lavender and rosemary.
- Bee stings
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Bees don't want to sting you because they die.
- Species of bee
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There are over 20,000 different species of bee, found on every continent except Antarctica.
- Honey benefits
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Honey has been shown to have many health benefits both when eaten and when applied to the skin. The darker the honey the better.
- Bees and us
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The bee is the only social insect to be partially domesticated by humans.
