Worldwide there are over 20,000 species of Bee.

Here in the UK we have over 270 different species of Bee.

A single bee can produce around a teaspoon of honey in their lifetime.

A bee has a tiny brain, however they are very intelligent.

There are no bees on Antartica.

You can attract more bees to your garden by adding more colours.

Bees cant see the colour red.

Drone bees (males) have larger eyes to help them find the queen easier.

All Worker bees are female.

Bees are great dancers, seriously, you are going to want to google the Waggle Dance.

Bees are the only social insect to be partially domesticated.

Bees love the colour blue.

Bees mate high up in the sky, after mating the male loses his reproductive organs and dies.

Bees beat their wings 200 beats per second.

Natural honey has many health benefits.

Bees really like Lavender and Rosemary.

The Queen can produce around 2,000 eggs each day.

To Produce 1kg of honey bees fly the equivalent of 3 times around the world.

If a queen dies the workers will create a new queen by selecting a young larva and feeding it with royal jelly.

As well as flowers bees also pollinate fruit, nuts, and vegetable crops.

Bees have no desire to sting you, they will only do so if they feel threatened, don't bee afraid of them.

Fertilised eggs become females and enfertilised eggs become males.

The flavour of honey depends on which flower they obtain their nectar from.