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- Honey is the only food that includes all the substances to
sustain life, including water.
- Honey speeds the healing of open wounds an also combats infection.
- Honey is natures energy booster, it provides concentrated energy source that helps
prevent fatigue and can boost athletic performance.
- Honey never spoils, it can be stored unopen in a cupboard indefinitely, no need
to refrigerate.
- Honey bees pollinate 80% of the fruits, vegetables and seed crops in the U.S about
1/3 of our food supply.
- An average worker bee makes only about a 1/12th teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
- Honey conatains vitamins and antioxidants, and is fat free, cholesterol free and
sodium free.
- Bees maintain a temperature if 92-93 degrees Fahrenheit in their centeral brood
nest regardless of the outside termperature.
- A populous colony may contain 40,000 to 60,000 bees during the late spring of early
summer.
- Honey bees fly about 15 miles per hour.
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