- 0: the number of chemicals or pesticides I use in my hive.
- ⅜ of an inch: bee space.
- 1: the number of queens in most beehives
- 1: the number of times a worker bee can sting
- 2 days: the amount of time in which a larva can still become a queen if fed royal jelly
- 3 times a month: the number of times I inspect bee hives during bee season
- 3: the number of segments to a honey bee body.
- 4 minutes: the amount of time it takes for a honey bee to remove and manipulate a scale of wax exuded from the abdomen of a bee (4th to 7th abdominal segments if you are interested!)
- 4 - 5 pounds: the approximate weight of a full medium frame of honey
- 4.9 mm: the width of a natural-comb worker brood cell.
- 5 : number of eyes on a honey bee
- 7: the number of hives I have in my Virginia Highlands backyard
- 8 feet: the average height of a wild colony inside a tree
- 8: the number of frames I use in my hive bodies
- 9 ODA: 9-oxodecenoic acid or queen substance - queen pheromone
- 10 nails: the number required to build a frame properly
- 10 - 15 trips a day: the number of times nectar and pollen gatherers fly out
- 12 - 25 days: The age of most guard bees
- 16 days: the number of days it takes for a queen to emerge
- 17: the number of states having the honey bee as the state insect
- 17 - 30: the number of drones needed for a well-mated queen
- 18.6% moisture: the maximum moisture content a honey can have and not ferment.
- 20 times its own weight: the amount of honey a comb can support
- 21: Current number of Master Beekeepers who have earned their certification from the Young Harris Beekeeping Institute
- 21 days: the number of days it takes for a worker to emerge
- 24 days: the number of days it takes for a drone to emerge
- 24 km/h: average honey bee flight speed
- 25: the number of talks I’ve given to bee clubs and others since January 2011
- 36: the number of days from egg to sexual maturity for the drone
- 40 liters: the size of a hive cavity
- 56: the number of workers a single worker touches with her antennae in 30 minutes
- 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit: the temperature of the core of the brood nest in a hive
- 120 degrees: the angle between adjacent cell walls in honeycomb
- 600-800 meters: the average distance a swarm moves from its parent colony
- 800 km: The distance a forager accumulates in foraging flights before her death
- 1000: The number of posts on this blog as of this very moment!
- Infinite: The amount of joy and pleasure I get from beekeeping and the amazing people and experiences that it brings to my life............
**Many thanks to Noah Macey for all the help he gave me with this post.
