Bees again!

More interesting facts about the Honey Bee...The distance a bee flies in its life is astonishing. It is possible for bees to fly as far as 5 miles for food. However, an average distance would be less than a mile from the hive. A strong colony of around 60,000 bees therefore flies the equivalent distance from earth to the moon everyday!
The normal top speed of a worker bee would be about 15 - 20 mph (21 - 28 km/h) when flying to a food source and about 12 mph (17 km/h) when returning heavily laden with nectar, pollen, propolis or water.