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bees need to visit 2 million flowers to make that pound of honey
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoOne pound is 16 ounces, so 64 ounces is four pounds. That means eight million flowers would have to be visited.
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∙ 14y agoA single bee will collect enough nectar to make about 1/12 teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. To make a kilogram of honey bees will visit between four and five million flowers.
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∙ 14y agoSimple arithmetic: 65000 / 20000 = 3.25
So they would collect 3.25 pounds of honey.
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∙ 13y agoI just read somewhere that one honey bee only makes 1/2 teaspoon of honey in a lifetime.
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How many pounds of honey hive produce?
There are many factors which can affect the amount of honey that can be collected from the hive, including the variety of bee, the weather patterns through the spring and summer, the amount and varieties of flowers within foraging range from the hive, and the strength of the colony.That said, the amount of honey can be as little as none, or as much as 100 pounds of honey from one hive -- and in exceptional cases much more, the record is over 500 pounds.
How do bees make manuka honey?
The bees are not special but the flowers are in the making of Manuka Honey. In the uncultavated wilderness the Manuka tree starts to flower and the bees are attracted to the flowers and so starts the adventure. This honey is special because the flower has chemicals that mix with the enzymes of the bee and are converted in the hive into a healling honey. The bees don't do anything different than they do in making any honey.
Why do bees take flowers pollen?
Bees take pollen to make honey.
How many flowers does it take to make one kilogram of honey?
Estimates vary, but the consensus is that bees have to visit between four million and seven million flowers to make one kilogram of honey.
How many bees to make a tablespoon of honey?
In its lifetime a honeybee will collect enough nectar to make one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey, so around 12 honeybees.The average honey bee produces about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
Is honey found in bees or flowers?
Bees make honey using nectar from flowers
Do bees make flowers die?
No, bees don't make flowers die .Bees use flowers pulp to make honey.
How many trips do honey bees take to collect enough nectar to make a pound of honey?
Between them the bees will make between 25 and 30 thousand foraging trips to collect enough nectar to make a pound of honey, and in the process they will visit something in the order of two million flowers.
Can man take honey from flowers?
No, and neither can bees. Bees collect nectar from flowers and add enzymes to make honey.
According to the National Honey Board in the US what insects have to visit two million flowers to make a pound of honey requiring them to collectively fly 55000 miles?
Honey bees.
Why are butterflys important?
they r important because they give pollen to flowers for bees to make honey
Bees do what?
they collect pollen from flowers and take it to there hive to make honey
Do bees eat carrot?
No. Bees eat honey that they make from nectar of flowers.
What bees make the sweetest honey?
Only honey bees make honey and its taste will depend on the type of flowers, shrubs, trees or other vegetation that the bees have been foraging on.
Do honey bees eat mud?
Honey bees do not eat mud. They eat nectar and pollen from flowers, as well as the honey that they make from nectar.
Where did the ingredient honey come from?
From nectar of flowers. the bees make it.
Bees Stop making honey?
Bees make honey from nectar gathered from flowers. If there are no nectar-bearing flowers available, then the bees can't make honey. Nor will there be any nectar to feed on, so they will feed on their stored honey.
