Bee Fact #61

If you boil a bee in saline for 30 minutes it becomes indestructible. Boiled bees are considered bioweapons by many countries.

Bee Fact #60

To carry bees on a plane requires a special bee license. If a bee enters of its own accord, it will be arrested upon landing.

Bee Fact #59

Bumble bees are so named because they are the clumsiest and most inept of all the bees.

Bee Fact #58

The most dangerous insect in the world is a bee with a gun.

Bee Fact #57

A coffee grinder works best for making good bee paste.¹

1. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html

Bee Fact #56

A house of bees is the most dangerous place in the world.

Bee Fact #55

Bee vomit is called "honey." Bee poop is called "black licorice."

Bee Fact #54

Dandelions are high in pollen but taste terrible to bees. If you see a bee on one it's there as a punishment by the hive.

Bee Fact #53

Getting stung by an albino bee is considered extremely good fortune in most cultures. Eating an albino bee is blasphemy.

Bee Fact #52

Deep fried bees is a delicacy in many parts of the world, usually served with baked beans.

Bee Fact #51

Syrup comes from Tree Bees that burrow tiny holes into trees to lay their golden honey eggs.

Bee Fact #50

Once a year, ancient children would run around the garden collecting striped bee-eggs full of delicious honey. Now we have Easter.

Bee Fact #49

It is estimated that between 18-25% of taco meat from Chipotle is supplemented with bee meat.

Bee Fact #48

A bee's proudest day is the first day they collect pollen from a flower and successfully bring it back to the hive.

Bee Fact #47

Bees that are allergic to pollen quit the colony and become hobo-bees, relying on the generosity of other insects to survive.

Bee Fact #46

Invader bees will overtake a hive from other bees and will try to pass it off as their own. 

Bee Fact #45

Gaseous vodka is used to anesthetize bees for surgery.

Bee Fact #44

Bees communicate by dance. When bees develop Parkinson's disease they speak in tongues. 

Bee Fact #43

Prehistoric bees had a 6 inch wingspan, armor plating and spines down their back. They still made honey but it smelled of carrion.

Bee Fact #42

Asthma is a common problem among bees due to pollen allergy.

Bee Fact #41

Bees give single sprinkles to each other as 'presents'. They are also given as 'prizes' for bee accomplishments.

Bee Fact #40

Unpasteurized bee's milk is highly poisonous to humans. Once processed though, it is a tasty and affordable treat! 

Bee Fact #39

Pound-for-pound, pure unfiltered bee honey is more valuable than cocaine.

Bee Fact #38

Bees actually taste through their feet. They also smell through the eye and hear through their nose.

Bee Fact #37

Scientists have begun to implement bees at security checkpoints because of their x-ray vision and hatred of terrorism. 

Bee Fact #36

"Warmer bees" emit microwaves from their heads which are used to heat the hive in the winter. Angry warmer bees can melt the hive. 

Bee Fact #35

Bees that feed on tree pollen instead of the pollen of flowers produce syrup instead of honey.

Bee Fact #34

Canadian bees are called "buzzards". 

Bee Fact #33

The chipmunk is the arch-enemy of the bee. A fully grown chipmunk can kill 100k bees/ day.

Bee Fact #32

If any part of a bee ever touches ice it will immediately freeze solid. It must be placed in warm honey to reanimate.

Bee Fact #31

All bees weigh exactly the same except for the Queen, who weighs pi times the normal bee weight.

Bee Fact #30

Bees will trade with lightning bugs for their bioluminescent "juice" and will have a rave. No honey is made during this time.

Bee Fact #29

Young bees (under 1 week old) are naturally radioactive.

Bee Fact #28

Scented candles come from the wax of "fancy" bees.

Bee Fact #27

Bees will only allow someone to take honey in an exchange. Preferably for peanut M&Ms or aluminum foil.

Bee Fact #26

Bees have an unusually high propensity for alcoholism compared to other insects.

Bee Fact #25

A tired bee will hitch a ride on a bird's back in exchange for wax, which birds use to waterproof their nest.

Bee Fact #24

Bees use dance to convey information including pollen location, temp/weather and traffic conditions.

Bee Fact #23

The average bee can hold its breath underwater for 30 minutes. Wax 'helmets' can be employed for longer dives.

Bee Fact #22

Mutant bees, known as hornets, are outcast from the hive at birth. Some return to attack the hive out of anger.

Bee Fact #21

Bees will lure small mammals to their hive to get an opinion on their honey's flavor. Opinion varies by mammal species. 

Bee Fact #20

The bee known as the 'North American Sellick' is the only insect capable of growing a mustache. 

Bee Fact #19

Ancient Egyptians viewed bees as nothing more than flying insects with stingers.

Bee Fact #18

The rind of some bees holds medicinal properties- especially when brewed in tea. 

Bee Fact #17

Bees were initially bred for their meat, which is especially high in the B complex vitamins, hence their name "bee".

Bee Fact #16

To remedy a bee sting you must immediately (in under one minute) eat the bee that stung you. 

Bee Fact #15

Most spiders will free a bee from its web in exchange for honey.

Bee Fact #14

The first bee in space was in 1969 when a bee rode inside Pete Conrad's helmet during liftoff.

Bee Fact #13

Bees tend to be a highly superstitious people.

Bee Fact #12

The bumblebee is neither a bumble nor a bee. It is a flying spider.

Bee Fact #11

All bees have a severe peanut allergy except the queen.

Bee Fact #10

It is possible to shave a frozen bee but it will be self-conscious when it thaws

Bee Fact #9

If you put a drop of liquor on a bee, it will instantly act slutty.

Bee Fact #8

When stung by 10 or more bees one's mouth starts smelling of honey. Bee stings were used by ancient peoples as breath fresheners.

Bee Fact #7

It is possible to anger two bees by rapidly rubbing two bees together.

Bee Fact #6

 The smallest bee in recorded history was no bigger than an insect. 

Bee Fact #5

A pound of bees weighs more than a pound of birds. This is due to magnets.

Bee Fact #4

Male bees carry their young in a pouch like a kangaroo.

Bee Fact #3

Every bee is Communist.

Bee Fact #2

If a bee drinks its own honey it will go insane.

Bee Fact #1

Bee facts was started by me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/BeeFacts but I'm a bee expert not a twitter expert so I moved it to a blog. Some are old facts that people need to know and mostly there will be new bee facts.




Bee Fact #1

The more locally produced honey you consume the more "invisible" you will become to bees.