The honey bee was one of the first domesticated insects and it is the only insect that produces food

The honey bee was one of the first domesticated insects and it is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.
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Honey bees are vital pollinators; Because of its wide cultivation, this species is the single most important pollinator for agriculture, globally.
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The European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) is not native to the Americas — only arriving, aboard European ships, around 1622.
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Honey bees have 6 legs, 2 compound eyes made up of thousands of tiny lenses (one on each side of the head), 3 simple eyes on the top of the head, 2 pairs of wings, a nectar pouch, and a stomach.
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Honey bees have 170 odorant receptors. Their sense of smell is so precise that they can differentiate hundreds of different floral varieties and tell whether a flower carried pollen or nectar from metres away.
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The honey bee’s wings stroke incredibly fast, about 200 beats per second, creating their famous, distinctive buzz. A honey bee can fly for up to six miles, and as fast as 15 miles per hour.
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The average worker bee produces about 1/12th teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
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A hive of bees will fly 90,000 miles, the equivalent of three orbits around the earth to collect 1 kg of honey.
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It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee’s flight around the world.
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A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.
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While honeybees are awesome, let’s remember that they are not the only bees that need protecting! There are thousands of other bee species that are vital to our ecosystems, many of which specialize in pollinating native flora that cannot otherwise be pollinated by any other bee species.
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 The specimens used in my work were collected from a beekeeper after they’ve passed away. The bees push their dead out of the hive and they are collected so I can use them for my art.
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Visit my webpage TheButterflyBabe.com or click the link in my bio to view all of my available art.
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