• A hive of bees will fly 90,000 miles, the equivalent of three orbits around the earth to collect 1 kg of honey. • The average worker bee produces about 1/12th teaspoon of honey in her lifetime. • The honey bee's wings stroke incredibly fast, about 200 beats per second. • A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen. • Larger than the worker bees, the male honey bees (also called drones), have no stinger and do no work at all!