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A honey bee worker collects enough nectar to make about 1/12th of a teaspoon in its entire lifetime. If we ignore its time as a hive bee, a bee is a forager for about three weeks -- for round figures, let's say 500 hours. So, it takes 500 x 12 = 6,000 bee hours to make one teaspoon of honey.
If we say one teaspoon is approximately 5 grams, and there are 454 grams to a pound there are approximately 91 teaspoons to a pound, so a pound of honey takes about 6,000 x 91 = 546,000 bee hours.
However, if there are 60,000 bees in the colony, only about half of them -- 30,000 -- will be foragers, so it will take around 546,000 / 30,000 = 18.2 hours to make a pound of honey, or about 7/8 of an ounce per hour (assuming perfect conditions).
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What do bees store their honey?
In their hives
What is a honey stomach?
It is a stomach bees store honey when they collect the honey.
Are honey bees made out of honey?
No, honey bees are insects that produce honey as a food source. Honey bees collect nectar from flowers and use it to make honey, which they store in their hives as a source of energy. Honey bees are not made out of honey.
Is bees wax made with bees or honey?
Bees make beeswax and use it to form chambers where they store honey. There are no actual bee parts or honey in beeswax.
How do bees get there foods?
Forager bees collect nectar and pollen, and bring them back to the hive where they are stored. Water is evaporated from the nectar, turning it into honey. Bees eat pollen, a rich source of protein, and honey, which is a carbohydrate.
Do honey bees swim in honey?
No, they store it in a comb to eat later.
When the compartment of honey bees is filled with honey then where do they live?
A beehive has different sections. The main part is called a brood box and that is where the bees live and raise the young bees. The other part is known as a honey 'super' and that is where the bees store the honey.
What bees do not make honey?
Honey bees make honey. They live in colonies and store the honey to feed the larvae. Most solitary bees, such as bumble bees, make only a little of a honey-like substance which they eat themselves.
Can you make beeswax with honey from the jar?
Wax and honey are not the same thing. The bees make wax to store honey inside. The honey is a separate substance that the bees use for food.
What are some uses for a hexagon?
Bees use it to store honey.
Where does store honey come from?
from bumble bees that go zzzzzzzzz
What is a cell where honey is stored?
A cell where honey is stored is called a honeycomb cell. Bees store honey in these wax cells within their hives. Honeycomb cells are hexagonal in shape and are perfectly designed to store and protect the honey.
