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More Fun Stuff About Bees and Honey

A bee will forge within a two mile radius of their colony (although they may travel further).
A colony must travel 55,000 miles to produce a pound of honey!
An average worker bee makes only about 1/12th teaspoon of honey in its lifetime (that means it takes 36 bees to make a tablespoon of honey)
A bee will visit between 50 and 100 flowers during one collection flight.
To produce one pound of honey, a colony must visit two million flowers!

Start by subsidizing honey for up to half of the sugar in a recipe. (You may be able to substitute for all of the honey in some recipes.)
Reduce the liquid in the recipe by 1/4 cup for each cup of honey used.
Add about 1/2 teaspoon baking soda for each cup of honey used.
Reduce the oven tempature by 25 degrees to prevent over-browning