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A colony of honey bees in early spring has 10,000-15,000 bees and grows to about 50,000 – 60,000 bees at its peak in the summer. Each bee only lives for about 6 weeks during the busy summer season, but up to 6 months over the winter.
In her entire life a worker bee gathers less than one gram of honey, and it takes over 550 worker bees to gather 1 pound of honey. |
 

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