While collecting nectar, one bee will fly about 90,000 miles – almost three times around the globe – to make one pound of honey.
A bee must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey.
Philadelphia Native, Reverend Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth developed the Langstroth hive – the most widely used hive design by beekeepers today.
Bees pollinate 75 percent of Pennsylvania’s major crops.