1. True: Bees are deaf, so they don’t use verbal language, but one way they communicate is to dance to share information and to make requests.
2. True: Bees are remarkably tidy, they even groom each other and keep their hive incredibly clean.
3. False: Bees can’t see any shades of red but they can see shoes of blue, green and violet.
4. False: Bees do have teeth, which they use for chewing and biting but they won’t will only bite their enemies not people!
5. False: A bee hive is constructed using hexagonal shapes. It is the most efficient shape and allows for the cells to be packed together with no empty space in between.
6. False: A Queen Bee will lay 800,000 eggs in her lifetime.
7. False: Bees can fly at speeds of around 12 miles per hour.
8. False: The Wallace's giant bee is the largest bee in the world and is almost 4cm long not 40cm!
9. False: Canadian bees produce honey… maple syrup comes from trees!
10. True: Bees are insects, they have 2 sets of wings, 3 body parts and 6 legs.