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There are over 250 species of bee in the UK. Only one of these is the domesticated honeybee. There are 27 species of bumblebee and the rest are solitary bees of all shapes and sizes.
To collect 450 grams of honey a bee might have to fly a distance equivalent to twice round the world. This is likely to involve more than 10,000 flower visits on perhaps 500 foraging trips.
In a single collecting trip, a worker will visit between 50 and 100 flowers. She will return to the hive carrying over half her weight in pollen and nectar.
Bees are not fast fliers; while their wings beat over 11,000 cycles per minute, their flight speed averages only 15 miles per hour. In comparison, the Australian dragonfly has been clocked flying at a speed of 36 mph.
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