EARTHDAY.ORG's Bee Facts

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What's the buzz around bees? Well, they're some of Earth's best pollinators — besides making honey, they help crops grow! We wouldn't bee much without them. Keep scrolling to read, learn, and share about these beeautiful animals, and see EARTHDAY.ORG's work to protect our sweetest pollinators.

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HONEY-COMBING THROUGH THE FACTS

Sweet as can bee

The honey bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by humans

The average forager (the ones you see in flowers) makes about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime

90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on pollination

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Beauty is In the EYE(s) of the Bee-holder

Bees have FIVE eyes and two pairs of wings

Some bees can fly at about 20 miles an hour

Bees have been on Earth for about 30 million years

BEE SOCIAL

It's NOT EASY BEING QUEEN

Queen bees are constantly fed and groomed by attendant worker bees

Queens can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day

The queen may mate with up to 17 bees over a 1-2 day period of mating
Facts from NASA and the Ontario Beekeepers' Association

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These fuzzy pollinators need our help. Threats like colony collapse disorder, habitat loss, and climate change are huge issues to bee survival. When we're not making puns, EARTHDAY.ORG is working year-round to give you everything you need to bee a hero.