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TIL a single honeybee only makes about one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its whole life
I was reading a nature blog last night and that fact just stopped me cold. I always pictured bees making jars of the stuff, but nope, it takes a ton of them working together. The blog said a bee might fly over 500 miles in its short life just to make that tiny bit. It's kind of a sad but cool detail that makes you think about teamwork. Has anyone else stumbled on a small fact that gave you a big idea for a story, maybe about something tiny doing a huge job?
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skyler2179d ago
Ever read about how much work it takes for an ant colony to move one big leaf? That fact about the bees hit me the same way. I once saw a show about ants carrying stuff hundreds of times their own weight, working in a line. It made me start writing a story about a tiny creature that has to move a mountain, piece by piece, over generations. The small facts are the best ones for big ideas.
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