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TIL honey bees generally live for only 40-odd days and one bee can only produce half a teaspoon of honey during its lifetime.
But given that natural honey never expires, I’m amazed and humbled to learn that a honey bee can produce something of eternal value during its short lifetime.
I love bees!!
They live longer in the winter. Drones (the male bees) have no stinger. In a dearth, the drone bees get kicked out of the hive. The queen bee lives 4-5 years. When she is born, she seeks out all of the other baby queen bees and kills them.
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What led to your interest in bees?
Never knew that queen bees are so vicious!
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An ex introduced me to it in high school.
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