People have long valued bees and loved honey, which was tirelessly extracted by hardworking insects. It let the development of technology improve the level of comfort of human life, but, as thousands of years ago, connoisseurs enjoy the apiaries and do not stop marveling at this mysterious creature. Therefore, it is not surprising that there is a World Bee Day, which we decided to celebrate with a selection of interesting facts about young workers

For eating honey…
One tiny bee in a lifetime produces four to five grams of honey. Of all the 21,000 species of bees that exist, the most massive is considered to be the species «Megachile pluto»- such an insect grows up to 40 mm in length! It’s hard to imagine how many bees it takes to have a jar of honey on our table. Just imagine that in order to collect one kilogram, a family of bees must fly as many kilometers as the length of the equator, multiplied by three!
The prototype of robots
When we see artificial creatures, we admire their technical perfection – the product of human creativity. However, nature is wiser, and this is it which produces perfection! The common bee has five eyes – three simple at the top of the head and two in front, each of which consists of thousands of incredibly small lenses. And six more legs, four wings and a «bag» for collecting nectar. Even the bee buzzing that we hear when insects approach is due to the fact that the bee makes approximately 114,000 movements per minute. It’s cooler than any robot!
Excellent mathematicians
Bees can be considered skilled mathematicians and engineers: the honeycombs built by them have a strong design due to the maximum observance of the sizes. It is proved that the angle of one cell is always equal to 109 x 28 degrees. Are you surprised by the accuracy of the calculations? No wonder, because «scientific beekeeping» was started by Aristotle.
Little clevers
Bees’ brain is small – no more than a sesame seed, but today insects are used to search for explosives. At the same time, bees cope no worse than service dogs, which are specially trained for this purpose.
The bee world
There have long been many myths and legends about bees. For example, in ancient Egypt it was believed that the soul leaves a person in the form of a bee. However, over the millennia, perceptions of the world have changed significantly, and people create completely different stories about bees. It’s hard to believe, but little Bee’s Instagram account is a traveling bee. If in doubt, go to #bee _nfluencer and learn new facts and interesting stories from bee life from Bee.
With holiday!