Bee Celebrities
This person said “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Who is Mohammed Ali?
This is when raw honey can be expected to spoil.
What is never?
This food is pollinated by bees.
(nearly any fruit or vegetable or nut)
This popular 2007 movie with Jerry Seinfeld is criticized for (its plot and) perpetuating untrue facts about bees.
Bee Movie
This song and artist:
Honey Honey by ABBA
This Shawshank & Million Dollar Baby actor is known for his voice but also, recently, beekeeping.
Who is Morgan Freeman?
Average lifespan of a worker/forager bee during summer season
What is 4-6 weeks?
This is the host plant for monarch caterpillars and butterflies.
What is milkweed?
95% of the hive is comprised of this type / gender of bee.
What is the worker / female bee?
Name this song/artist
Run The World by Beyonce
This British singer's stage-name came from a black and yellow striped sweater he wore in college.
Who is Sting (or Gordon Sumner) of the Police?
This is how a honeybee carries nectar back to the hive.
What is in her honey stomach, or nectar stomach?
This is the state flower of Maryland, a drought-resistant yellow prize at Pimlico races.
What is "Black eyed Susan"?
This type of honeybee doesn't have a stinger and doesn't do much around the hive.
Who is a drone, or male bee?
Name that Song/artist
Killer Queen by Queen
This beekeeping account features a soothing voice, and millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok.
Who is Erika Thompson or Texas Beeworks?
This is the century that pilgrims brought honeybees to North America, from Europe (for their honey).
What is the 17th century (or 1600s, or specificially 1622)?
This presidential residence is also home to gardens and several hives of bees.
What is the White House (or the Naval Observatory)?
The number of different species of bee found in North America.
What is 4,000?
Name that song / artist
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Chef Sam Kass inspired this person to start keeping bees at the White House.
Who is Michelle or Barack Obama?
This is the percentage of moisture that honey contains (the bees fan their wings to evaporate water off of nectar).
What is 17 (up to 20)%?
Flowers have both male and female anatomy -- this one produces the pollen.
What is the anther, or male anatomy, of a flower?
This many bees can live in a single hive box (max).
What is 50,000?
Name that song/artist
I Got Stung by Elvis