Honey is a yummy, magical substance only produced by honeybees and enjoyed the world over.Here are five facts about honey that perhaps you didn’t know!
- Honey is 80% sugars and 20% water.
- To make one pound of honey, the bees in the colony must visit 2 million flowers, fly over 55,000 miles and will be the lifetime work of approximately 768 bees.
- A single honeybee will only produce approximately 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
- A single honey bee will visit 50-100 flowers on a single trip out of the hive.
- Honey is the ONLY food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including water.
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