Bee Study Guide (Science)
October 28, 2007
When a bee lands on a flower pollen from the flower sticks to the bee’s legs.
Pollen falls off the legs of the bee and into the next flower it visits. Without bees we would have no fruit, such as apples or peaches.
Bees that do all the work in the hive are called Worker Bees.
Worker Bees make “Bee Milk” or jelly to feed baby bees and the Queen.
Worker Bees also guard the hive and make honey from nectar.
Worker Bees protect the hive from enemies. When they pull the stinger out of the enemy, they die.
In the summer, bees make an air conditioner by moving their wings.
They keep the honeycomb from melting by sprinkling water over it.
In the winter, bees make a heater.
The bees make a ball and in the middle of the ball they eat honey. They shake their wings to make heat.
It takes about 300 bees their whole lives to make one pound of honey.
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