• Foraging bees have to fly about 55,00 miles to produce a pound of honey , visiting around 2 million flowers .
• Honey bees have been around longer than humans — there is fossil evidence from 150 million years ago .
• Like other bees , honey bees cannot see the color red . However , they may visit red flowers because they are able to see the U . V . patterns in the flowers .
• Humans have been seeking out bees for honey for a long time ! Mesolithic rock-paintings in caves near Valencia , Spain , show honey hunters at work . These paintings are believed to date back 6,000 years .
• Honey can be fermented to make a type of wine , called ‘ mead .’ The earliest evidence for the production of mead is from Northern China , and dates back to about 7000 B . C .
• No wonder bees need a lot of energy . Bees fly up to 15 mph and beat their wings 200 times per second or 12,000 beats per minute !