Honey Facts

In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.

Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still perfectly edible.

Honey does not spoil. It has been found in Egyptian pyramids perfectly preserved and still edible.

Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.

Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.

It takes about 12 bees their entire lifetime to produce just one teaspoon of honey.