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Honey Bees
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The way worker bees communicate to other worker bees about distance and direction of pollen.
What is the waggle dance?
100
2,000 per day.
What is how many eggs does she lay per day?
100
This is the type of ecosystem service that pollination provides.
What is supporting services?
100
1/12th teaspoon
What is the amount of honey one bee produces in her lifespan?
200
The hive consists of mostly this type of bee and they are all female. Its main job is to go out and collect pollen. They are the smallest type.
What is a worker bee?
200
3-4 years.
What is the lifespan of the queen bee?
200
1/3
What is the amount of our diet that comes from insect-pollinated crops?
200
Two million
What is the amount of flowers bees must visit to make one pound of honey?
300
The males of the hive, this type of bee's main job is reproduction.
What is a drone?
300
This substance is fed the queen which is why she develops differently.
What is Royal Jelly?
300
Broccoli, almonds, apples, pears, watermelon, and more.
What are some foods that we would no longer have without honey bees?
300
55,000 miles
What is the distance the bees travel as a hive to make one pound of honey?
400
The hive cannot function without this type of bee, who lays up to 2,000 eggs per day.
What is the queen bee?
400
thiamethoxam and clothianidin
What are the pesticides infecting queen health?
400
Heavy pesticide use
What is the leading theory of Colony Collapse Disorder?
400
15 miles per hour
What is the speed bees fly?
500
10-20 million years
What is the amount of time bees have been pollinating plants?