- Honey contains all the substances needed to sustain life – enzymes, vitamins, minerals and water.
- Honey stored in tight containers never spoils – sealed honey vats found in King Tut’s tomb still contained edible honey.
- Bees must visit about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey.
- Honey Bees never sleep and are the only insect that makes food people can eat.
- Honey is flavored differently depending on the type of flower the bees gather pollen from.
- A typical bee colony consists of 30,000 to 60,000 bees.