Calling all amateur entomologists. What do you know about…

How doth the little busy bee

Improve each shining hour,

And gather honey all day long

From ev'ry opening flower!   – Isaac Watts

Yes, Ike, bees are amazingly clever and hardworking. They're also the only insects who make a food humans can eat. We said make. Never mind those edible caterpillars Willem's so fond of. Check out your bee knowledge here, courtesy of the Edited Guide and others.

True or false?

1. Bee hunting was popular during the Stone Age.
2. Humans cannot live by honey alone.
3. Egyptians thought beehives were the work of Set, god of the Underworld, and feared them.
4. A bee has five eyes.
5. Blowing smoke into a beehive makes bees get fat.
6. If attacked by killer bees, it's a good idea to jump into the nearest body of water.
7. In the bee world, females live much longer than males.
8. Queen bees are born, not made.
9. Bees never disagree.
10. Bees carry an electrostatic charge.

Think you could bee-wise? Check out the answers by clicking on the delicious picture below.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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