Bee Fact: The buzzing sound that you hear emanating from a honey bee is the sound of its four wings beating at 200-230 beats per second. Did you know that bees can fly at an average speed of 24 km (15 miles) per hour and can travel up to 10 kms (6 miles) from their hive in search of forage? 🐝🌸🌻 Bees have two wings on each side of their body which can hook together to form one large pair, helping to achieve greater lift when flying and then they can unhook for folding when not in flight. Aside

3.9K views · 171 reactions | Sound on!  We just love the sound of bees flying in slow motion.   Honey bee wings flap at around 230 beats per second. Fruit flies, in comparison, are 80 times smaller than honeybees, but flap their wings at 200 times a second. | Flow Hive | Facebook

Sound on! 😍 We just love the sound of bees flying in slow motion. 🎶🚁 🐝 Honey bee wings flap at around 230 beats per second. Fruit flies, in comparison, are 80 times smaller than honeybees, but flap their wings at 200 times a second. | Flow Hive