The secret life of
honey bees

IN SUMMER A BEEHIVE CAN HAVE UP TO

80,000 BEES

THERE ARE

3 TYPES OF BEES

QUEEN

LAYS UP TO
1,500 EGGS
A DAY

LIVES UP TO
5 YEARS

worker

female bees who do all the work for the hive, including: cleaning, taking care of the queen, packing pollen. Lives 5 - 6 weeks

drone

A male bee. It’s main job is to mate with a fertile queen. Drones don’t have stingers

25 km p/hr

beating their wings 200 times per second

£1.8bn

a year cost to replace bees service with hand pollination

1/3

of our food is created from bees

97%

of flower-rich meadows

have been lost since the 1930's