The buzz behind the honey

• The average honey bee will make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.

• A honey bee would have to fly about 90,000 miles — over three times around the globe — to make one pound of honey.

• A honey bee typically visits 50-100 flowers during a collection trip.

• Honey bees must consume about 8 pounds of honey to be able to biochemically produce 1 pound of beeswax.

• Worker honey bees live for about 6-8 weeks in the spring or summer, but up to 6 months during the winter.