Facts of Honey Bee

Amazing Honey Bee Facts!

1. The honey bee has been around for millions of years.
2. Honey bees, scientifically also known as Apis mellifera, which mean (honey-carrying bee), are environmentally friendly and are vital as pollinators.
3. It is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.
4. Honey bees have 6 legs, 2 compound eyes made up of thousands of tiny lenses "one on each side of the head", 3 simple eyes on the top of the head,2 pairs of wings,a nectar pouch,and a stomach. See image for: honeybee body parts.

5. Honey bees have 170 odorant receptors, compared with only 62 in fruit flies and 79 in mosquitoes. Their exceptional olfactory abilities include kin recognition signals, social communication within the hive, and odor recognition for finding food. Their sense of smell is so precise that it could differentiate hundreds of different floral varieties and tell whether a flower carried pollen or nectar from metres away.