To make a pound of honey the bees need to visit about two million flowers, and in doing this they will fly something like 55,000 miles -- the equivalent of more than twice around the world.
A single bee can collect about 1/12 teaspoon of honey in its lifetime, so it would take the life's work of about 560 workers to make a pound of honey. For this they would have to collect nectar from...
A 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.