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I believe this may be a trick question. Number of bees would depend on how much weight it takes to tip the scale at all. So the answer could be as few as one honey bee, if the scale is sensitive enough to register her weight as 0.14 grams.
On the other hand, it would take about 3,333 honey bees to equal one pound of weight. This is based on the fact that there are roughly 10,000 bees in a three-pound package.
Most beekeeping suppliers report that a three-pound package contains 10 000 to 12 000 bees, or 3,333 and 4000 per pound. However, according to the Wikipedia article in the "related links" section, a honeybee weighs about 100 mg. If there are 453600 mg in a pound, 4536 workers would make a pound of bees. When ordering a package, there are also drones and a queen. Together with differences in weight among breeds and individuals, the difference between the estimates is understandable.
If you still think that bee suppliers are cheating beekeepers, consider that a typical hive in summer has a population of about 60 000 bees, and remember that a queen can lay 2000 eggs in a single day. Those thousand or so bees don't seem too significant any more, do they?
A honey bee worker weighs about 90 milligrams, so there are about 300 to an ounce. From this, there would be about 4,800 bees in a pound.
A honey bee worker weighs about 90 milligrams (about 1/300 ounce), so there would be about 4,800 to a pound.
The average weight of a honey bee worker is 90 milligrams. One pound weight is 454 grams, so the number of bees would be 454 / 0.09, which would give you 5044 bees
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How many bees dose it take to make 100kilograms of honey?
3512
What do you call a person who makes honey?
Bees make honey. Beekeepers take care of bees and extract honey. Honey packers process and package honey.
Bees do what?
they collect pollen from flowers and take it to there hive to make honey
How many honey bees will it take to sting a man to death?
1000 bee stings
Can man take honey from flowers?
No, and neither can bees. Bees collect nectar from flowers and add enzymes to make honey.
What animals take honey from a bees hive?
Bears
How many bees does it take to make a kilo of honey?
The flowers dont make honey the pollen does.
What kind of bees are in a beehive?
Honey bees (European originally), although Killer bees will take over a hive.
What problem stop bees to make honey?
bees are usually distracted in making honey by human activity, the beekeepers disturb the bees for a good cause to extract the honey from the hive and sell the honey to the store. when a beekeeper comes to take the honey most of the bees go to the beekeeper to sting him, thats why he wears the suit. :D
What does it take to make 1 Kg of honey?
A lot of bees
How do you take honey out of a bee hive in runescape?
Make a fire, smoke the bees out, retrieve the honey.
Why do bees take flowers pollen?
Bees take pollen to make honey.
