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Unknown Facts About Bees... Bees Can Recognize Human Faces... Bees can remember and recognize human faces, using the same technique humans do—by piecing together features like eyes, noses, and mouths... Bees Communicate Through Dance... Bees perform a "waggle dance" to communicate the direction and distance of food sources to other bees in the hive... Bees Have Five Eyes... In addition to two large compound eyes, bees have three smaller eyes on top of their heads, used to detect light intensity and navigate... Honey Never Spoils... Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible... Bees Can Fly Higher Than Mount Everest... Some species of bees have been observed flying at altitudes of over 29,000 feet, higher than the peak of Mount Everest... A Single Bee Produces Only a Teaspoon of Honey in Its Lifetime... It takes about 12 bees to make a single teaspoon of honey over their entire lifetimes... Bees Are Technically Fish in California... In a legal twist to protect bees under the Endangered Species Act, bees are considered fish in California, allowing for more conservation protections... Male Bees Don’t Have Stingers... Only female bees have stingers. Male bees (drones) do not sting and primarily exist to mate with the queen... Bees Can Get Drunk on Fermented Nectar... When nectar ferments in hot weather, it can turn into a form of alcohol... Bees that drink this fermented nectar can become disoriented, similar to being drunk! Bees Sleep, and They Sometimes Hold Each Other’s Legs While Doing It... Bees have been observed napping and occasionally holding onto each other's legs while resting in flowers or in the hive... :)