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Fun Facts About Honeybees
• Honeybees are responsible for pollinating approximately 80% of all fruit, vegetable and seed crops in the U.S.
• The queen lays from 600 to 1,500 eggs each day during her 3 or 4 year lifetime.
• Honeybees fly at 15 miles per hour.
• Honeybees' wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.
• Honeybees are the only insects that produce food for humans.
• Honeybees are the only bees that die after they sting.
• Honeybees never sleep.
• In peak season, one beehive can house 40,000 to 60,000 bees.