Name one INSECT that make a form of
food for humans?
HONEY
BEES!! Yes! Honey bees are the only one insect that make a form of food for us.
Aren’t you little intrigued about Honey bees now? Let see some crazy facts
about them.
▲Honey bees never sleep!
▲The queen may lay 600-800 or even
1,500 eggs each day during her 3 or 4
year lifetime. This daily egg production may equal her own weight.
▲She is constantly fed and groomed by
attendant worker bees.
▲Honey bees' wings stroke 11,400
times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz
▲Honeybees are responsible for
pollinating approx. 80% of all fruit, vegetable and seed crops in the U.S.
………What it takes them to make honey?????
To make one pound of honey, the bees
in the colony must visit 2 million flowers, fly over 55,000 miles and will be
the lifetime work of approximately 768 bees
Source:
"Fun Facts." [Online] <http://www.utahcountybeekeepers.org/fun_facts.html>
