Are bees really “busy as a bee” when making honey?
They sure are. Honey is “manufactured” in one of the world’s most efficient factories, the beehive. Bees may travel as far as 55,000 miles and visit more than two million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just a pound of honey. But they do more than that. Honey bees perform a vital second function pollination. About one-third of the human diet is derived from insect-pollinated plants, and honey bees are responsible for 80 percent of this pollination. Pollination is the fertilization of a flowering plant. It occurs when pollen is transferred from the anthers of a flower to the ovules of another flower. Honey bees are responsible for pollinating a variety of fruits, vegetables, legumes and more.
