BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Buzz on by the Long Hill Library and learn a thing or two abo ut bees &\; beeKeeping (from A to bzzzZ!)\nHoney Bee Facts:\n- \; Bees have been producing honey for at least 150 million years.\n- Honey Bees have 4 wings that beat 11\,400 times per minute.\n- Honey Bees have 5 eyes.\n- Honey Bees have three pairs of segmented legs used for walki ng\, dust off antennae and transport pollen and propolis (bee glue to se al cracks in the hive).\n- A typical honey bee colony consist of: \; \n \; \; 1 Queen. Mother of all the bees in the colony\, she is longer than the other bees.\n \; \; \; \;+/- 300 Drones (male) they are larger with big eyes and make a lot of noise.\n \;&n bsp\; \; +/- 60.000 Worker bees (female). They are doing all the col ony's work except reproduction.\n- A honey bee colony needs an average o f 70 pounds of honey to survive the winter.\n- A honey bee can only stin g once\, when she stings she looses her stinger\, venom glands and a par t of her guts and dyes after a few minutes.\n- There were no honey bees in the U.S. They were imported by the European colonists in the early 16 00.\n- A honey bee can reach the speed of \;15 miles per hour.\n-&nb sp\;The honey bees can gather the nectar in more than 300 floral sources in the United States.\n- The comb is produced by honey bees and are com posed of hexagonal cells that are only 2/1000 inch thick\, but support 2 5 times their own weight.\n- A honey bee must tap 2 million flowers to m ake 1 pound of honey.\n- The average worker honey bee makes 1 1/2 teaspo on of honey in her lifetime.\n- It would take about one ounce (2 Tablesp oons.) of honey to fuel a bee's flight around the world.\n- The U.S. per capita consumption of honey is 1.31 pounds.\n- There are an estimated 2 11\,600 beekeepers and \;approximately 3 million honey producing col onies in the United States.\n- A honey bee weights an average of 3 grams .\n- A honey bee visits between 50-100 flowers during one collection tri p.\n- To make one pound of honey\, honey bees must gather 10 pounds of n ectar.\n- It takes the equivalent of 8 pounds of honey to make only 1 po und of wax.- A queen bee can lay 1\,500 to 2\,000 eggs in 1 day.\n- An e gg size is 1/16 inch (1.6mm).\n- When the honey bees are rearing brood\, the temperature inside the hive is 95°\; F. (35°\; C.)\, during w inter the cluster is around 85°\; F.(29°\; C.).\n- If disturbed\, bees \;will normally chase you about 50 feet. URL:http://mendham-chester.patch.com/events/honey-bees-from-a-to-bzzz-at- long-hill-library SUMMARY:Buzz on by the Long Hill Library and learn a thing or two about b ees! LOCATION:917 Valley Rd\, Gillette\, NJ 07933: 917 Valley Rd\, Gillette\, NJ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR