To do this, it has to latch onto flowers or leaves about 4 million times. During flight, the bee makes 350-435 wing movements per second, or as many as 11 400 times per minute. The average speed of a bee is 24 kilometres per hour. As you can see, the life of a bee is not light, but the world would cease to exist without these industrious and useful creatures.
Honey is just one of the wonderful products that are produced in the hive. Medicinal properties are also found in feather, propolis, pollen, beeswax and royal jelly and even bee venom.
One of the oldest healing methods is apitherapy. Its origins date back to ancient Greece. Hippocrates claimed that he owed his weakness for honey to his healthy and long life.
Honey is the perfect preservative. The body of Alexander III of Macedonia was soaked in honey during his transport to Macedonia to prevent decomposition.
