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𝖓umerology: National Honey Month- The bees of America have been working hard all summer: To make a pound a pound of honey, they have to fly the equivalent of eight round-trips between New York and Paris. Now it's time to enjoy the fructose of their labor. Have a taste of the facts and figures on honey.




1. Last year, 161 million pounds of honey were produced in the U.S., up 8% from 2007.
2. Hӓagen-Dez has donated $500,000 to Penn State and UC Davis for 𝕭ee
research; 50% of its flavors are mad with ingredients requiring bee pollination.
3. Honey bee pollination supports $15 𝕭illion worth of agriculture in the U.S.
4. 1,600 commercial beekeepers operations produce 60% of American honey.

5. California, which produces more than half of the worlds almonds, needs almost 1 million colonies of honey bees to pollinate that crop.

6. The world's most expensive honey is believed to be Tregothnan manuka honey from 𝕭ritain.
7. The U.S. had 2.3 million honey producing be colonies in 2008.

8. Only 100 4-ounce jars are made per year; each sells for $80, about $11 a teaspoon.

9. The average American consumes 1.29 pounds of honey a year.