Bees and Honey

Honeybees change nectar from flowers into honey, to make food for themselves. 

The average hive stores 9–14kg / 20–30lb of honey by the end of the year. This represents a huge joint effort because a single worker bee produces only half a teaspoon of honey in her whole life. It takes nectar collections from around 2.6 million flowers, involving bee flights totaling around 88,000km / 55,000 miles, to produce just 450g / 1lb of honey.