20 Amazing Honey Bee Facts!

2. A HONEY BEE COLONY CAN CONTAIN UP TO 60,000 BEES AT ITS PEAK.

It takes a lot of bees to get all the work done. Nurse bees care for the young, while the queen's attendant workers bathe and feed her. Guard bees stand watch at the door. Construction workers build the beeswax foundation in which the queen lays eggs and the workers store honey. Undertakers carry the dead from the hive. Foragers must bring back enough pollen and nectar to feed the entire community.