Bees existed before we were on Earth. The first known bee fossil is 100 million years old and the first human fossil is from 300,000 years ago. When we take a closer look at the bees, which are older than us, we realize that we have actually underestimated them too much until now.

Bees are man’s best insect friend., because it is the only insect that can produce food for humans to eat. They hold interesting secrets in the discipline and arithmetic they display during the production of honey and propolis on our tables. Once you discover their secrets, your respect for these small but intelligent creatures will grow.

In an average hive there is 1 queen bee, several 100 drones and 10-80 thousand worker bees.

Contrary to popular belief, in the hive The number of drones is very small. They are not very functional, as they lack needles and organs to collect nutrients. By fertilizing the queen, they ensure the formation of new generations.

All worker bees are females. They use wax glands in their abdomens to produce wax and make honeycombs.

They bring the nectar they collect and transfer it to the other worker bees in the hives. They also inherit the nectar by chewing they make honey. They store the nectar, which they turn into honey, in the honeycombs. They also make honeycombs to protect their larvae.

A worker bee can produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.

In other words, for a kilo of honey you buy a group of honeybees, 4 million pieces It means he lets the flower run.

A worker bee can get up to 5 km from the hive. When he returns to the hive, he dances and tells what he observed.

The food source he found there your position, It transmits how far it is to other bees. It’s a kind of sign language.

In worker bees 170 odor receptors is found. This way they dominate the flowers quite well. Each of the honey bee colonies has a unique scent so that bees can find their own colonies.

Each worker bee is genetically a copy of the queen bee.

The reason for the size difference is that once the queen hatches, Bee milk is fed with. It takes 16 days for the queen to transition from larva to adult. Although they are genetically duplicates, there are serious differences.

Female bees are sterile, only the queen bee can lay eggs.

The queen bee lays about 2,000 eggs, depending on the season; The sum of the eggs is usually equal to their own weight. When the eggs are fertilized drone larvae hatch, if not fertilized, female (work) axe larvae hatch.

The queen bee is fertilized by air by about 10 drones. The drones die after this fertilization process.

While the lifespan of males is 4-5 weeks, female bees are 6 years old. Queen bees can live up to 5 years. If the queen bee dies, the other bees in the hive will die within weeks. within themselves if they can’t raise a queen bee hives disappear. Female bees also die after stinging humans.

Bees, which can easily adapt to their environment, can live in colonies almost anywhere in the world.

In winter he does not come out of his hives stored in the summer They feed on honey. They form a bunch to keep the queen bee warm.

They make propolis so their puppies don’t get cold.

When the queen bee realizes that the chicks will be cold, she orders all worker bees to stop collecting honey and start collecting propolis. It is collected as resin from the trees and puppies 15-20 days old use it. by combining with their own enzymes convert it into propolis.

Thanks to propolis, bees gain resistance to diseases and their immune system is strengthened.

Each bee can bring no more than the tip of a pin. Not because it’s over Because it consists of many valuable enzymes It’s such a valuable item.

Bees are creatures that can work so organized and are much more intelligent than we think.