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How many
bees make
a jar of honey?
In its lifetime, an average bee will produce
one-twelfth of a teaspoon of honey. It takes
800 bees, collecting the nectar of 2 million
flowers, to make enough honey to fill one jar.
FAST FACTS
The world’s most expensive
honey comes from a cave
6,000 ft (1,800 m)
deep in northeastern
Turkey. Called Elvish
Earth honey, it sells for
One honey bee visits up $2,500 per $2,500
Bees fly 55,000 miles (88,500 km)— to 100 flowers in each pound.
more than twice around the world— flight, collecting nectar
to produce one jar of honey. and pollen as food.
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