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Spokane Public Schools Bee Unit (2) Spring 2011

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Bees Level 2

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I. UNIT THEME Bees help our world in many ways, although there are many types of bees, they each have a specific job to do and purpose for their existence. Bees have been around for many years and play an important role across cultures as well.

II. FOCUS/MOTIVATION Cognitive Content Dictionary with Signal Word Super Scientist Awards Big Book Inquiry Chart Picture file cards Observation Charts Prediction/Reaction Guide Realia

III. INPUT

Graphic Organizer – World Map Graphic Organizer – Six Kingdoms of Living Things 10/2 lecture with primary language Pictorial Input - Bee Narrative Input – Mr. Bumble

IV. Guided Oral Practice

T Graph for Social Skills Team Points Poetry/Chants Mind Map/Process Grid Picture File Sort Exploration Report Personal Interaction Guess My Category Sentence Patterning Chart Team Tasks

V. Reading and Writing

Found Poetry Poetry Booklet Expert Groups Learning Logs Writer’s Workshop Team Tasks


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Story Map Coop Strip Paragraph Ear to Ear Reading Listen and Sketch Focused Reading Leveled Reading Groups

VI. CLOSURE Process all charts and learning Add to Living Wall Student Generated Tests Portfolios Home – School Connection Team Presentations Student Made Big Books Graffiti Wall Personal Exploration Evaluation of week, Letter Home to Parents Learning Logs – on-going assessment logs

VII. CONCEPTS – SCIENCE Science PE’s for Bee Unit

2-3 LS1B Animals have a life cycle K-1 LS2B A habitat supports the growth of many animals 2-3 LS2A Ecosystems support all life on the planet 2-3 LS3A There are variations among the same kind of plants and animals 2-3 LS3B The offspring of animals resemble their parents 2-3 LS3C Sometimes difference in characteristics give advantages SYSA and SYSB Identifies the parts and functions of a bee INQE Uses models to represent real objects. INQF Gives a reasonable explanation using evidence INQC Understands the difference between an observation and an inference

VIII. ELD Standards

ELD Listening/Speaking Standards – Grades K-5 Washington State Beginning –

Very limited understanding of English Learns to distinguish and produce English phonemes Uses words, gestures, and actions Practices repetitive social greetings Imitates verbalizations of others to communicate:

Basic needs Participate in discussions and activities Respond to simple directions

Advanced Beginning - Uses words and/or phrases Uses appropriate social greetings


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Participates in social discussions on familiar topics and in academic discussions Develops correct word order in phrases Begins to use content-related vocabulary Retells simple stories and identifies the main points

Intermediate - Uses simple sentences with inconsistent use of syntax, tense, plurals, and subject/verb agreement Tells a story, informs, explains, entertains, and participates in social and academic discussions Begins to use root words, affixes, and cognates to determine the meaning of new words

Advanced - Uses descriptive sentences with common grammatical forms with some errors Participates in academic and social discussions using appropriate ways of speaking based on audience

and subject matter Tells a story, informs, explains, entertains, and persuades Uses simple figurative language and idiomatic expressions in discussions Uses root words, affixes, and cognates to determine the meaning of new words

Transitional - Speaks clearly and comprehensibly using standard English grammatical forms with random errors Applies content-related vocabulary in a variety of contexts and situations Gives oral presentations

ELD Reading Standards – Beginning –

Expresses self using words, drawings, gestures, and actions: Sequences simple text Answers literal questions Makes simple predictions

Aware of familiar sounds Recognizes and produces rhyming words containing familiar sounds Uses and comprehends highly contextualized vocabulary Follows simple written directions (e.g., color, cut, glue) Reads sight words Begins to understand concepts of print

Advanced Beginning – Expresses self using words and/or phrases to identify:

Characters Setting Main idea and details Compare and contrast Cause and effect

Aware of familiar and unfamiliar sounds Employs word-meaning strategies Applies inflectional endings to words Increases sight-word and content-area vocabulary Distinguishes between genres Reads highly contextualized text composed of simple sentences Applies concepts of print

Intermediate – Expresses self using simple sentences


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Produces unfamiliar sounds Decodes word patterns Employs word-meaning strategies Begins to read familiar text fluently Increases vocabulary through reading across content areas Uses text features to:

Gain meaning Monitor for comprehension Describe images from text Connects text to prior knowledge

Distinguishes between: o Fiction/non-fiction o Fact/opinion o Fantasy/reality

Infers and makes generalizations from text Reads text at student’s reading level across content areas

Advanced – Expresses self using descriptive sentences

Identifies theme Recognizes literary devices Compares and contrasts

Uses a variety of strategies to monitor comprehension Recognizes phonemes within multi-syllabic words Uses word parts to determine word meanings Reads with increasing fluency Independently confirms word meanings Uses a variety of resources for research

Transitional – Adjusts reading rate as needed Uses specialized vocabulary, uses multiple meaning words appropriately Analyzes literary elements Uses comprehension and questioning strategies, summarizes text, analyzes and applies persuasive

devices Explains cause and effect, citing evidence from text Develops research skills

Follows increasingly complex written directions Comprehends grade level text

ELD Writing Standards – Grades K-5 Washington State Beginning –

Draws, labels Writes familiar words and sight words Writes to name, describe, or complete a list Begins to use invented spelling, capital letters, participates in group editing Audience may be self, teacher, or known person Sequences pictures to assist with organization Uses graphic organizers to convey main ideas and details


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Participates in group writing process Advanced Beginning –

Writes unfamiliar words and phrases Begins to write based on a model or frame Demonstrates inconsistent use of:

Capitals Punctuation Correct spelling

Participates in group brainstorming Writes rough draft and revises

Intermediate – Writes simple sentences Demonstrates increasing control of:

Capitals Punctuation Correct spelling Word order Subject/verb agreement

Develops own voice in writing Distinguishes between writing for different audiences and purposes Uses basic transitions Writes individually and in a group process Writes rough draft independently

Advanced – Uses descriptive sentences Writes for a variety of audiences and purposes Uses grade level conventions inconsistently Refines voice in writing Uses a topic sentence and supporting details Follows the five step writing process (with assistance in editing and revising)

Transitional – Uses specialized vocabulary across content areas Uses standard grammar and conventions with lapses characteristic of ELL students

IX. VOCABULARY

hibernate social cluster antennae habitat thorax abdomen proboscis nectar diet pollen model magnifier realistic habitat larvae pupae label characteristic different wax attacked hive honeycomb guarding location scientist observation inference metamorphosis compound eye hexagonal impact drone


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X. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS Time for Kids, July 2005 Are You A Bee? Judy Allen What if There Were No Bees? Susanne Buckingham Slade In the Trees, Honey Bees Lori Mortensen Bee and Me Elle J. Mcguinness and Heather Brown A Celebrations of Bees: Endless Opportunities for Inspiring Children to Write Poetry Barbara Jester Esbensen The Hive Dectectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe Loree Griffin Burns The Bee Tree Stephen Buchmann DK Readers: Busy, Buzzy Bee Karen Wallace The Very Greedy Bee Steve Smallman Honey Bees: Letters from the Hive Stephen L. Buchman Why I’m Afraid of Bees R.L. Stine The Bee Tree Patricia Polacco The Bee (Life Cycles) Sabrina Crewe Bees of the World Christopher O’Toole The Honeybee Myster Gertrude Chandler 1,2,3, Bees Nicole Wheldon Twinkle and the Busy Bee Olivia Moss The Scrivener Bees J.T. Petty Hollyhocks and Honeybees Sara Starbuck http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-bees-for-kids.html http://www.partstap.com/an-experts-guide-to-all-things-honey.aspx http://www.partstap.com/an-experts-guide-to-all-things-honey.aspx www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-bee-facts.html www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-bees-for-kids.html www.ncbeekeepers.org/kidlinks.htm cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/elrod/beequest/ceindex.html District Resources: Buzzing a Hive


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Bee Unit Level 2

UNIT PLANNING PAGES I. FOCUS/MOTIVATION

Super Scientist Awards Cognitive Content Dictionary Observation Charts Inquiry Chart Picture File Cards Big Book – The Important Book about a Honey Bee’s Body Prediction/Reaction Guide Realia

II. INPUT Graphic Organizer – World Map 10/2 lecture with primary language Graphic Organizer – Six Kingdoms of Living Things Pictorial Input – Volcano Narrative Input – Mr. Bumble

III. GUIDED ORAL PRACTICE Heads Together T-Graph for Social Skills with Team Evaluation Team Points Poetry/Chants Mind Map / Process Grid Picture File Cards Exploration Report Personal interaction Guess My Category Sentence Patterning Chart

-Reading Game -Trading Game -Flip chant

Team Tasks IV. READING/WRITING

Found Poetry Poetry Booklet Big Books Expert Groups Learning Logs Writer’s Workshop Team Tasks


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Story Map Coop Strip Paragraph (Read, Revise, Edit) Ear to Ear Reading Listen/Sketch Focused Reading Leveled Reading Groups

-Coop Strip Paragraph (Struggling Readers) -ELD Group Frame (Narrative Input Retell) -Clunkers and Links (At or Above Grade Level Readers)

V. REINFORCEMENT/EXTENTION ACTIVITIES

Highlighting and Sketching on Chants Guest Speaker Video/DVD Chant/Poetry Writing Art Activities (posters, dioramas) Nature Walk Songs/Music/Movement Role Playing Independent Research Projects

VI. CLOSURE/EVALUATION Student Generated Tests Student-Made Big Book Portfolios Home School Connection – Daily Closure Revisit the Inquiry Chart Team presentations Graffiti Wall Letter home Assessment

-Independent Writing to Prompt -District mandated summative assessment -Student portfolio


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Bee Unit Level 2

SAMPLE DAILY LESSON PLAN

Day 1 FOCUS/MOTIVATION

Three Standards / Awards Numbered Heads Super Scientist Awards Cognitive Content Dictionary with Signal Word Observation Charts Inquiry Charts Big Book- The Important Book About a Honey Bee’s Body Teams – Portfolios

INPUT Graphic Organizer - World Map

ELD Review 10-2 interactions – primary language encouraged Learning logs

Graphic Organizer – Six Kingdoms of Living Things ELD Review 10-2 interactions – primary language encouraged Learning logs

GUIDED ORAL PRACTICE

Chants-Bees Here, Bees There T-Graph for Social Skills - Cooperation Picture File Sort – list, group, label Exploration Report

READING/WRITING

Interactive Journals Flexible reading groups Writer’s Workshop

Mini-lesson Write Author’s Chair Publish

CLOSURE

Home/School Connection Process Inquiry Chart


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Project GLAD

Spokane Public Schools Bee Unit Level 2

SAMPLE DAILY LESSON PLAN Day 2 FOCUS/MOTIVATION

Three Standards / Awards Cognitive Content Dictionary with Signal Word Home/School Connection-Process Review input with smart cards Process Chant – highlight, sketch, add picture file cards

INPUT Pictorial Input-Bee

Learning Logs ELD Review 10/2 lecture with Primary Language

Narrative Input-Mr. Bumble GUIDED ORAL PRACTICE

Chants/Poetry

READING/WRITING Team Tasks Expert Groups Flexible reading groups Writer’s Workshop

Mini-lesson Write Author’s Chair Publish

CLOSURE

Read Aloud Big Book – The Important Book About a Honey Bee’s Body Home/School Connection Process Inquiry Chart


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Bee Unit Level 2


Three Standards / Awards Cognitive Content Dictionary with Signal Word Home/School Connection-Process Process Chant - highlight, sketch, add picture file cards Review input with smart cards Review narrative with word cards, conversation bubbles

GUIDED ORAL PRACTICE Chants / Poetry Sentence Patterning Chart:

- Reading game -Trading game -Flip chant

Expert Groups Team Tasks Review T-graph Oral Team Evaluation

Mind Map Process Grid

READING/WRITING

Flexible reading groups Co-op Strip Paragraph

- Revise, Edit Co-op Strip Paragraph

CLOSURE

Interactive Journals Home/School Connection Process Inquiry Chart


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Project GLAD

Spokane Public Schools Bee Unit Level 2

SAMPLE DAILY LESSON PLAN

Day 4 FOCUS/MOTIVATION

Three Standards / Awards Cognitive Content Dictionary with Signal Word-student selected vocabulary Home/School Connection-Process Read Aloud Process Chants – highlight, sketch, add picture file cards

GUIDED ORAL PRACTICE

Chants Guess my category

READING/WRITING

Story Map from Mr. Bumble Reading Groups

-Clunkers and Links (At or above grade level readers) - ELD Group Frame

Team Tasks -Team oral evaluations

Found Poetry Read the walls with personal Cognitive Content Dictionary – Focused Reading Listen and Sketch Flexible reading groups

CLOSURE

Process Inquiry Chart Interactive Writing


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Bee Unit Level 2


Three Standards / Awards Cognitive Content Dictionary with Signal Word-students choose from living wall Re-read big book –The Important Book About a Honey Bee’s Body Process Chants – highlight, sketch, add picture file cards

READING/WRITING

Reading Groups -Struggling / Emergent Readers with Coop Strip Paragraph

Team Tasks Process T-graph Written Evaluation Team Presentations

Ear-to-Ear Reading of Poetry Booklet Listen and Sketch Flexible reading groups

CLOSURE

Jeopardy Student’s Reflect-What helped me learn? Student made tests Process Inquiry Chart


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The Important Book About

A Honey Bee’s Body

Page 1 The important thing about a honey bee’s body is that all its parts are perfect for the many jobs it does.

A honey bee has three main body parts – the head, the thorax and the abdomen.

Its whole body is covered with hairs that collect pollen as the bee travels to different flowers. The hair also allows the bee to feel when anything touches it.

It may be a queen, a drone, or a worker bee. But it is still only one half to three quarters of an inch long.

But, the important thing about a honey bee’s body is that all its parts are perfect for the many jobs it does. Page 2 The important thing about a honey bee’s body is that all its parts are perfect for the many jobs it does.

There are five eyes on the honey bee’s head. The two large compound eyes on the sides of its head contain hundreds of tiny lenses that each see a part of the whole picture.

The three simple, or small eyes are on the top of its head. They are used to see light and dark. They help the bee to use sunlight and shadows to find its way back to its hive.

The two antennae, or feelers, on the top of its head help the bee to smell and touch things in the hive as well as flowers outside. The antennae can also feel vibrations in the air and hear sounds that may mean danger.

The proboscis is like a long hollow tongue that the bee uses to drink nectar from flowers.


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But, the important thing about a honey bee’s body is that all its parts are perfect for the many jobs it does.


There are four wings on the thorax of the honey bee. The front wings are slightly bigger and are hooked to the back wings with tiny hooks so they work together.

The wings are clear with tiny veins running through them to help the wings hold their shape.

They beat 200 times per minute. That is what makes the buzzing sound of a bee.

Bees can fly forward, backwards, or hover in one place like tiny helicopters. They can fly for 10 hours each day.


The thorax also has six legs that bend at joints. These allow the bee to cling to things, climb around, comb pollen from its body, and pass pollen and honey to other bees.


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The back two legs have a flat part called pollen baskets. Bees comb pollen from the hair on their bodies onto these honey baskets to carry it back to the hive.



The bee’s abdomen is made of sections that look like stripes. There are wax scales on the underneath side of the abdomen. Wax

oozes from these scales when another bee hangs onto it in a bee chain. This is the wax that is used to make the hive.

Worker bees have a honey stomach inside their abdomens. The nectar they sip from flowers goes into the honey stomach where it starts to change to honey. They can then bring the honey back up out of the honey stomach into a cell n the hive.


Worker bee and the queen bee have a stinger on the very end of their abdomens that comes out only when it is ready to sting. A queen can sting many times, but the stinger of a worker bee has tiny barbs that hook


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into whatever it stings. When the worker bee pulls away after stinging, the stinger is ripped out of the abdomen and the bee dies.


Optional Big Book

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The important thing about a honey bee’s body is that all its parts are perfect for the many jobs it does.

But the important thing about a honey bee’s body is that all its parts are

perfect for the many jobs it does. It has three main body parts – the head, the thorax and the abdomen.

Its whole body is covered with hairs that collect pollen as the bee travels to different

flowers. The hair also allows the bee to feel when anything touches it. It may be a queen, a drone, or a worker bee. But it is still only one half to three

quarters of an inch long.

New page There are five eyes on the honey bee’s head. The two large compound eyes on the

sides of its head contain hundreds of tiny eyes that each see a part of the whole picture.

The three simple, or small, eyes are on the top of its head. They are used to see

light and dark. They help the bee to use sunlight and shadows to find its way back to its hive.


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The two antennae, or feelers, on the top of its head help the bee to smell and touch things in the hive as well as flowers outside. The antennae can also feel vibrations in the air and hear sounds that may mean danger.

The proboscis is like a long hollow tongue that the bee uses to drink nectar from

flowers.

New page There are four wings on the thorax of the honey bee. The front wings are slightly bigger and are hooked to the back wings with tiny hooks so they work together. The wings are clear with tiny veins running through them to help the wings hold their shape. They beat 200 times per minute. That is what makes the

buzzing sound of a bee. Bees can fly forward, backwards, or hover in one place like tiny helicopters. They can fly for 10 hours each day.

The thorax also has six legs that bend at joints. These allow the bee to cling to things, climb around, comb pollen from its body, and pass pollen and honey to other bees.

The back two legs have a flat part called honey baskets. Bees comb pollen from

the hair on their bodies onto these honey baskets to carry it back to the hive. Next page Worker bees have a honey stomach inside their abdomens. The nectar they

sip from flowers goes into the honey stomach where it starts to change to honey. They can bring the honey back up out of the honey stomach into a cell in the hive.

There are wax scales on the underneath side of the abdomen. Wax oozes

from these scales when another bee hangs onto it in a bee chain. This is the wax that is used to make the hive.

Worker bees and the queen bee have a stinger on the very end of their

abdomens that comes out only when it is ready to sting. A queen can sting


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many times, but the stinger of the worker bee has tiny barbs that hook into whatever it stings. When the worker bee pulls away after stinging, the stinger is ripped out of the abdomen and the bee dies.

The bee’s abdomen is made of sections that look like stripes.

New page Honey bees live in colonies. There is one colony to a hive. They work together as a community, where each bee performs a job

that helps the whole colony. There may be ten thousand (10,000) to sixty thousand (60,000) bees in a hive.

New page The life cycle of a honey bee starts when an egg is laid by the queen bee. One egg

is laid in each cell in the center of the hive called the nursery. After three (3) days, the egg dissolves and a white worm-like larva remains. It

stays in the cell. Nurse bees feed the worker bee and drone larvae a nutritious food called bee milk that comes from a gland in the nurse bees’ heads. As they grow larger, the larvae are fed bee bread, which is a mixture of pollen and honey.

Eggs that will become queen bees are laid in special extra deep cells that hang from

the side of the hive. These larvae are fed a special food called royal jelly the entire time. Royal jelly also comes from a gland in the nurse bees’ heads.

New page About a week later, the nurse bees stop feeding the larva and cap the cells with

beeswax to close them up. The larvae inside spin a cocoon. Inside the cocoon, each larva becomes a pupa. The cell stays closed while the adult bee forms.

Finally, an adult bee chews through the wax cap to get out. From egg to adult bee

takes about 16 days for a drone, 21 days for a worker bee, and 24 days for a queen bee.

New page There is only one queen in a hive. The queen’s job for her entire life is to lay eggs.

As a young queen, she goes on one mating flight with the drones. This provides her


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with enough eggs to lay for her entire life. The queen lays up to fifteen hundred (1,500) eggs a day. She is fed and groomed by worker bees. The queen stays in the same hive for her whole life unless that hive becomes too big or crowded. Then she will take some drones and worker bees with her to find a place for a new hive. This is called swarming. In the new hive, she will again lay eggs all day, every day. A queen may live for up to four (4) years and lay over a million (1,000,000) eggs.

Drones are the only male bees in the hive. The drones’ job is to mate with the

queen. They go on one mating flight with her. By mating with the queen, they maker her eggs ready to be laid. Drones are fed by the worker bees until fall, when they are pulled or pushed out of the hive and left to stare to death. This happens because there is not enough honey for the during the winter months.

Next page Worker bees perform all the other jobs around the hive. When a worker bee is

born, her first jobs are done around the nursery area. As she gets older, she gets new jobs that move her further away from the center of the hive, and finally, into the outside world. She is a house bee for three (3) weeks, and then a field bee for the next, and last three (3) weeks.

For the first two (2) days of the worker bee’s life, she cleans her cell and the cells

around her to prepare them for a new egg from the queen. When the worker bee is three (3) to five (5) days old, she is a nurse bee. Her job

is to feed bee bread to older drone and worker larvae. During the sixth (6) to eleventh (11) days of her life, she feeds bee milk to young drone and worker larvae, and royal jelly to any queen larvae.

Next page At eighteen (18) to twenty (20) days, some workers will guard the entrance of the

hive. If there is danger, the guard bee will emit a scent that wards the other bees of danger. She is willing to die to protect the hive and the honey. Bees at the entrance also fan the hive with their wings to cool the hive on hot days. These are her last jobs as a house bee.

Next page

At twelve (12) to seventeen (17) days, a house bee’s wax scales are most active. By

hanging from one another, the bees cause the wax to ooze out. With her jaws, the


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worker shapes the wax into honeycomb. All the cells are made as hexagons, or six (6) sided shapes.

If a bee is not making wax, she spends the day storing nectar in honey cells and

pollen in pollen cells in the hive. Some of the workers also fan the honey cells to evaporate the water from the nectar so it will thicken to become honey. When it is full of thick honey, the cell is capped with wax. The honey will be eaten during the winter months.

Next page For the last three (3) weeks of her life, the worker bee is a field bee. The new

field bee attends bee school. First, she hovers just outside the entrance to the hive, but facing the hive. She learns to recognize the hive by the sun and shadows around it. She moves backward away from the hive, but still facing it, so that she can recognize it from further away. Finally, she is ready to make flights away from the hive.

A field bee makes about ten (10) flights a day. Each flight takes about an hour. It

is usually within three (3) miles of the hive. She leaves in the morning before the dew dries on the flowers and returns from her last flight at sunset.

New page Field bees communicate with each other to tell where the fields of flowers are

found. This is done by dancing. First the bee starts to walk quickly in circles. Other bees gather and touch the dancing bee with their antennae. By smelling the bee, they can tell what kind of flowers she found. By feeling her movement, they can learn how far away, and sometimes, in what direction, the field of flowers is from the hive. The most common dances are the round dance and the tail-wagging dance.

The tail-wagging, or figure eight, dance gives a lot more information because the

flowers are further away. The bee dances a half circle in one direction, then urns, and runs straight while wagging her tail. Then she dances a half circle the other direction. The direction of the tail wagging part shows the location of the flowers in relation to the sun. This means the flowers are either to the right or the left of the sun when leaving the hive. The number of tail-wagging parts in fifteen (15) seconds tells the distance away. The fewer the wagging parts, the farther the flowers are away from the hive.


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The round dance means that the flowers are less than one hundred (100) yards from the hive. This dance does not tell the direction of the field of flowers. Many bees fly out in different directions looking for them. They stay within one hundred yards.

New page On the flights, she gathers nectar and pollen from flowers. Nectar is taken in

through her proboscis and goes into her honey stomach. Pollen is collected when a bee crawls all over a flower. The pollen sticks to the hair on her body. She combs it into pollen baskets on her back two legs. After visiting many flowers, she returns to the hive and passes her nectar and pollen to house bees to be stored in cells. Then off she goes on another flight. To make one pound of honey, a colony of bees collects nectar from more than a million (1,000,000) flowers!

As the field bee flies from one flower to another gathering nectar and pollen,

some pollen that is sticking to the hairs on her body falls into the new flower. In this way, she pollinates the flowers. This makes them able to form seed and fruit. If it were not for honey bees, we would have much less fruit to eat.

Field bees also collect a little bit of water from puddles. This is mixed with the

honey in the cells if the honey becomes too thick. Some field bees gather sap from plant buds with their jaws. This is used to seal cracks and to varnish the inside walls of the hive.

After six (6) weeks, the bee’s body wears out, and she dies. There are always

more worker bees to take her place.


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Narrative Mr. Bumble

Adapted from story written by Kim Kennedy

Every spring, the meadows became a buzzing and busy scene, with hundreds of bumblebees gathering pollen for their hive. This work came easily to all the bees. To all, that is, but one. His name was Mr. Bumble, and he was the clumsiest bee who ever buzzed. Sadly, when it came to gathering pollen, he could never take off from a flower without bumbling, fumbling, and tumbling. While the other bees buzzed back to their queen with mounds of the golden dust, Mr. Bumble always returned with the smallest share. “Another empty bucket!” Queen Bee would fuss. “Dents are all you seem to gather!” One evening the queen held court. “Something has happened!” she announced. “Today, one of our scouts buzzed over an undiscovered clover patch!” Everyone was excited about the news, except Mr. Bumble. He couldn’t help wondering what might lurk in that patch, just waiting to catch a clumsy bee. “Study this map well!” declared the queen. “But what else did the scout see?” Mr. Bumble asked. “Does something live in that patch? And if so, what if it’s mean?” “Well,” said the queen, “if that’s true, those of you who are quick and clever have nothing to fear. But those who are not,” she added, looking at Mr. Bumble, “BEWARE!” Though the next morning’s journey was long and hard, Mr. Bumble finally managed to arrive, but only to find that the other bees had already filled their buckets and flown away. Teetering atop a blossom, Mr. Bumble began his lonely work. Plink went the pollen into his bucket. Clink when some more. But


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just as he was going plinkety clink to the next flower, a frightful noise arose that sent a shiver round his strips and curled his little toes.’’ Mr. Bumble had to get out of there and get out of there quick. But he tripped and stumbled and landed with a horrible crash! “Oh, no!” he yelped in a helpless heap. “I’m done for!” he cried in fear, for not only was he seeing stars but the bucket was stuck on his head. Suddenly, he was hoisted high in the air. “Please let me go!” Mr. Bumble squeaked. Yet higher still he went. “Don’t pluck out my wings!” he begged. “Why ever would we do that?” Came a tiny voice as he was set gently upon the ground. Then the bucket was lifted away, revealing a splendid sight. “Fairies!” he buzzed with relief. Looking about, he realized how wrong he had been. Indeed, there wasn’t one monster in the entire clover patch. As for the lift the fairies gave him, it was the best flight he’d ever had. “If I could fly like a fairy,” he sighed, “I could gather pollen as well as the other bees.” “We can teach you,” the fairies chimed. “We’ll show you how it’s done.” Mr. Bumble’s first lesson was in taking off, so they launched him from a tiny bluebonnet. Beneath him they stretched a spiderweb net to catch him if he fell. With a boing and a buzzzz he sailed into the air, flying higher and straighter with each and every try. And when Mr. Bumble took off without trouble, the fairies knew it was time for his next lesson: how to land gently upon a flower. They guided Mr. Bumble by daisy chains so he wouldn’t belly flop. He learned to step upon flowers without disturbing a single raindrop. For the first time, he buzzed without bumbling, flew without fumbling, and twirled without tumbling. “I can finally fly with grace!” he cried. This called for a celebration! So the fairies held a flying party for Mr. Bumble, where he could give all their tricks a whirl. And never before had the sky been filled with such fancy feats of flight. Soon it was time for Mr. Bumble to go, so he filled his bucket with pollen. “Thank you, my friends,” he buzzed as they all waved good-bye. And with his bucket held high, off he flew to his hive. Meanwhile, the queen was searching the evening sky. “That clumsy Mr. Bumble must be lost again,” she sighed. Just then she spotted a bee zipping through the air. “Surely that can’t be Mr. Bumble buzzing there.” But who was it but Mr. Bumble who glided all the way to her throne. “For Her Royal Highness,” he said. And with a buzz and a bow, he presented his astonished queen with his bucket of golden dust. “Hurrah!” cheered his fellow bees. Why, the queen cheered for him. Too. “What a fine bee you turned out to be!” she said. “You deserve something better to carry.” With that, she presented Mr. Bumble with a bucket made of gold.


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As for Mr. Bumble’s old bucket, it was placed for future bees to see. “Though old and worn,” said Queen Bee, “it is still an inspiring sight. Look on it as the humble beginning to every perfect flight.”

Additional Narrative A Bee’s Life

Written by Jen Seipp

1- Before I was born, I was an egg. My mom, the queen of all the bees in the hive, placed me in a

cell made of wax. 2- The nurse bees come and feed me bee milk. They feed me so much that I grow and grow until I

hatch into worm-like larva. I am getting big. 3- I know I am destined to be a worker bee (not a queen bee like mom) when they feed me bee

bread, a mixture of pollen and honey. 4- The nurse bees are capping my cell with more wax. It is dark and a little scary. But I can feel

myself changing…a bulge here, a tug there…they call me their “precious pupae”. Now my body has three parts instead of one! I can wiggle all four of my wings. I stretch out my six legs and feel the walls of my waxy cell. It isn’t scary anymore it is my home.

5- But as I get bigger, my home feels smaller and I need more room. I nibble away at the waxy

cap at the top of my cell and come into a new world….a world of bustle and num. Bees are buzzing all around.. all with their own important jobs.

6- And no rest for me! During the first days of my life, my job is to clean up my cell, keep the other

cells warm and help the younger pupae chew their way out of their cells. 7- For the next couple of days I am busy feeding the new baby larvae and keeping them safe while

they grow. I give them bee milk that I make in my very own body, or bee bread that I make by mixing honey and pollen. Only the worker bee and drones get bee bread. The queen larvae get only royal jelly; I guess that is why they are called Queens.


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8- After that I spend about a week making the royal jelly to feed to my mom, thee queen. I also

help take care of her.

9- I am about two weeks old now and there are wax cells coming out of my abdomen. How scientific!

10- I learned that we worker bees use it to help make the cells in the hive. I chew it to soften it and

then use it to make new cells or repair old ones. I can’t believe all of the things I get to do as a worker bee. I am learning all the time.

11- Next I get to work next to the entrance. I am getting stronger now but still need to get even

stronger before I can go far from the hive. So I exercise my wings by fanning then to keep the hive cool.

12- I also get to receive the nectar and pollen from the field bees. I wait near the entrance and take

the honey. 13- Then I place it in the cells and use my wings again to fan the honey until the water evaporates.

That is how it gets really sticky.

14- I am about three weeks now and I get to be a guard bee. I smell all of the bees as they return to the hive to see if they smell like us. It is my job to sting and fend off any other bees or animals. I am glad I didn’t have too though, because if I sting something my stinger will come out and I will die.

15- Guess what, I get to go to bee school now. Only a little over three weeks and I am off to school.

Before I go foraging for nectar and pollen I need to learn what my hive looks like and where I live so I can get back. I start by hovering in front of my hive and flying backwards so I know what it looks like. Then I go a little further each time so I will know how to get back. I use the sun and different landmarks (trees, plants...) to help me get back.

16- I also learn how to communicate with my other bee friends. When one of the scout bees finds a

good flower, she wants to tell us where it is. It is so fun how she tells us. Because she gets to dance. If the flower is near, within a 100 yards, she dances in a circle so we know to look around the hive. When it is further away, the scout bee will do a figure eight dance so we will know in what direction to fly. We can also tell if it is really far away. The further away the bee had to fly, the more tired she is, so her dance gets really slow.

17- I graduated! I am done now a field bee. I am so proud. It is my job to go collect nectar for honey

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18- I am a little nervous because it is my first day. Here comes a scout. I am going to watch her

dance. She is doing a circle dance. Remind me what that means. Good. Now I am going to find the flower by looking around the hive and smelling the scent she left behind.

19- Wow!! I found it. Now it is my job to collect the sweet nectar from the flower. I use my proboscis

to suck it into my honey stomach. I also need to collect the pollen for the bee bread. I get it all over my hairy body, then I comb it into a basket that I have on my back leg. That is how I carry it back to the hive.

20- All day long for about the next three weeks, I go from flower to flower until I am full. As I go to

each flower, I pick up new pollen and put it in my pollen basket.

21- As I am collecting the nectar and pollen to bring to the hive, I get other pieces of pollen stuck all over in my hair. Then when I go to another flower I leave some from the last flower in the new one. This helps new flowers and fruit grow. It is called pollination. People love me for this. Now I get to take the nectar and pollen back to the hive and give it to the younger worker bees to put in the cells. Remember when I used to do that.

22- Those are all of my jobs; I told you I have a lot of them. So thanks for letting me tell you about

my busy life as a worker bee.


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By Charlotte Schelling Bee’s here, bees there Bees, bees, everywhere! Queen bees laying, Nurse bees feeding, Guard bees guarding Worker bees collecting.

Bees in the hive, Bees outside, Bees on the flower, Bees can’t hide.


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Bees here, bees there Bees, bees everywhere!

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

By Charlotte Schelling We just know what we’ve been told, Bee school’s worth its weight in gold. Bees fly backwards to view their hive Join us in the beehive jive-

Sound off…..Bee school Sound off….Learn how Sound off….1,2,3,4,5, Find your hive!

Note the bushes, walls and trees These will guide the worker bees. Feel the sun early morn, late noon It will help bees fly home soon.

Sound off…..Bee school Sound off….Learn how Sound off….1,2,3,4,5,


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Find your hive!

I’m the metamorphosis of a bee There are four stages that you’ll see. First, comes the egg, the Queen bee lays, In a hexagonal wax cell is where it stays. Egg, larvae, pupae, adult bee, too Doing the metamorphosis Bugaloo!

Babies hatch into worm-like larvae, Nurse bees feed them Royal Jelly, As they grow older they are fed Pollen and honey, called Bee Bread.

Egg, larvae, pupae, adult bee, too Doing the metamorphosis Bugaloo!

The larvae grow and make cocoons,


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Then change to pupa very soon. The cell is dark and covered with wax, The adult bee forms and that’s the facts!

Egg, larvae, pupae, adult bee, too Doing the metamorphosis Bugaloo!

By Charlotte Schelling Head and Thorax, Abdomen Head and Thorax, Abdomen Compound eyes and Simple eyes Head and Thorax, Abdomen Head and Thorax, Abdomen Head and Thorax, Abdomen Legs and wings Antenna and Proboscis Head and Thorax, Abdomen Stinger!


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(to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?")

Do you like to buzz? Are you covered all in fuzz? Do you call a hive a home? In the Garden where you roam? Do you know how to make honey? Are your stripes a little funny? Do you like to buzz?


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(To the tune of “The Addams Family)

It supports the growth, Of the animals and plants, It meets their basic needs, A honeybee habitat. Their hive is their shelter, Where they support each other, It all works together, A honeybee habitat. Chorus: Da-da-da-da (food) Da-da-da-da (water) Da-da-da-da, (3X) (shelter) It’s about basic needs, Food, water, shelter, All honey bees need it, A honeybee habitat. We can change a habitat, By harming plants & animals, Or improving the condition, A honeybee habitat. Chorus


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Our job is to provide Or improve the conditions Of a honeybee’s habitat, A honeybee habitat. Humans can change, A natural habitat, In helpful or harmful ways, A honeybee haitat. Chorus

Home School Connection

With an adult sketch a bee and label it.


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Students Name_____________________ Adult shared with__________________________________

Home School Connection With an adult at home sketch a picture of something from the Six Kingdoms of Living Things and why you choose it.


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Home School Connection With an adult at home sketch and label an important part of the honey bee’s body, and tell why it is important.


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Home School Connection Tell an adult the story of Mr. Bumble and sketch a picture of your favorite part.


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Home School Connection (Russian)

With someone at home sketch a bee and label it. С чей-либо помощью дома нарисуй пчелу и напиши названия её частей.


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(Students Name) Имя учащегося_________________________ (Person shared with) Кто тебе помогал_____________________


With someone at home sketch a picture of something from the Six Kingdoms of Living Things and why you choose it. С чей-либо помощью дома нарисуй что-нибудь из Шести основных групп живых организмов и почему ты выбрал это.


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With someone at home sketch and label an important part of the honey bee’s body, and tell why it is important. С чей-либо помощью дома нарисуй пчелу и укажи название одной из важных частей её тела и объясни, почему эта часть имеет важное значение.


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Tell someone the story of Mr. Bumble and sketch a picture of your favorite part. Расскажи кому-нибудь историю Mr. Bumble и нарисуй картинку о том, что тебе нравится в этой истории больше всего.


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Home School Connection

With someone at home sketch a bee and label it. Ippen lok juon armej ilo mweo mom, jiñaiki juon bee im jeiki etan.


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Students Name_____________________ Etan rijikuul eo Person shared with__________________________________ Armej eo mweo im ekar bok kunaan ilo katok in

Home School Connection With someone at home sketch a picture of something from the Six Kingdoms of Living Things and why you choose it. Ippen lok juon armej ilo mweo mom, jiñaiki juon men eo kwar loe ilo Six Kingdoms of Living Things im etke kwar kalet e am jiñaiki.


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Home School Connection With someone at home sketch and label an important part of the honey bee’s body, and tell why it is important. Ippen lok juon armej ilo mweo mom, jiñaiki im jeiki etan juon iaan paat ko re aorok ilo anbwinin honey bee, im komelele etke e aorok.


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Home School Connection Tell someone the story of Mr. Bumble and sketch a picture of your favorite part. Kabwebwenatok juon armej mweo mom kon bwebwenato in Mr. Bumble im jiñaiki ijo ilo bwebwenato in me emman tata ippom.


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Expert Groups Bumble Bee

Life cycle / Care of young Bumble bees have an annual life cycle, with new nests being started each spring by the queen. The queen stocks her nest with pollen and nectar, and lays several eggs at a time in one cell. She incubates the eggs by sitting on them while shivering her flight muscles to produce warmth. When the eggs hatch legless grubs consume pollen and nectar, grow rapidly, and pupate after a few weeks.

Habitat / Diet Bumble bees build their nests on the ground, in rocky hollows, or deserted rodent or bird nests. If disturbed, bumble bees will buzz in a loud volume, and they will aggressively defend their nests. Worker bees gather both pollen and nectar from flowers to feed larvae and other members of the colony. Bumble bees do not make honey for human consumption. The honey that is made in the hive is consumed by bees in the hive.

Behaviors Bumble bees are very social bees and live in large "families. Their colony is controlled by a queen with workers and drones. Each winter all bees die off but new queens. New queens


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hibernate alone, underground waiting for spring to begin a new colony. Unlike honey bees, bumble bees do not dance to show where pollen and nectar is located. This is because bumble bees can scent mark the flowers they have visited.

Impact on Humans Bumble bees are considered to be beneficial insects because they pollinate crops and plants. Both queen and workers collect pollen and transport it back to the colony in pollen baskets on their hind legs. As part of the aggressive defense of their nests, bumble bees will chase nest invaders for long distances. The bumble bee sting is one of the most painful stings. Swelling and irritation can last for days after you are actually stung. Unlike honey bees, bumble bees can sting more than once because their stingers are smooth and do not get caught in the skin when they fly away. Interesting Facts There are over 250 species of bumble bees around the world. The bumble bee evolved in the Himalaya Mountains. Because of this they have adapted to cooler weather. They are among the few insects that can control their body temperature. In cold weather, a queen and workers can shiver their flight muscles to warm themselves. This makes it possible for them to live in cooler climates and pollinate early spring or late fall plants.


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Expert Groups Mining Bee

Life cycle / Care of young The female mining bee stocks each cell within her nest with pollen and nectar that she has collected from flowers. In the spring she deposits one of five eggs she lays on the food mass. The larva hatches and consumes stored pollen and nectar. It will stay in the pre-pupal stage throughout winter and in early spring it will complete the metamorphosis process emerging as an adult bee.

Habitat / Diet The mining bee collects pollen and nectar from only one group of plants. At times it might be only one single plant. Consequently, if the plant becomes rare or extinct so will the bee. Each mining bee female digs her own individual burrow to raise her own young. Her nest consists of one small main tunnel and several side branches. Large numbers of these bees may nest near one another if soil conditions are suitable.


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Behaviors Mining bees are considered a "solitary" bee, meaning they do not live inside a single, well-defended nest controlled by one queen bee. Each female lives in her own nest which she has constructed by herself. Mining bees hibernate in their underground nest over winter.

Impact on Humans Because of their body structure, mining bees are good pollinators. They are not aggressive and seldom, if ever, sting. Sometimes large numbers of males will be seen flying close to the ground waiting for females to emerge. The presence of numerous bees flying around may be a nuisance for some people. However, because there is no organized hive, they are not dangerous.

Interesting Facts There are over 1300 species of mining bees. They range in size from about the size of honey bees to much smaller. Mining Bees are a stout, hairy bee. The thorax is very hairy while the abdomen is somewhat flattened and may even be bare. They are typically a reddish or blackish brown. They may have pale white, yellow, or gold hairs. Some are


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brightly striped, while others are even a shiny metallic green. Since males do not collect pollen, they are not as hairy as females. The males are also shorter and narrower than females.

Expert Groups Yellow Jacket

Life cycle / Care of young A yellow jacket is a type of wasp. When a female yellow jacket wakes up from its winter hibernation, it makes a new hive and lays an egg in each cell of the hive. She then will feed the young larva. After the first brood is born, they become workers and take over the building of the hive and caring for young. Now the queen’s only duty is to lay eggs. The life cycle of the yellow jacket is similar to that of the honey bee: egg, larva, pupa, and adult yellow jacket.

Habitat / Diet The yellow jacket builds a hanging hive in an area chosen by the queen. The hive is made from a form of paper, chewed wood pulp and saliva. The adult yellow jacket feeds


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itself nectar, while the larva stage of the yellow jacket is fed chewed up caterpillars and other insects by the adult yellow jacket.

Behaviors Yellow jackets are considered a "social" wasp. This means they live inside a single, well-defended nest controlled by one queen bee. In the winter the adults die off while the queen finds a sheltered spot and hangs from a stem or twig by her jaws and hibernates until spring.

Impact on Humans Wasps can be helpful to humans because they can be used to control insect populations, such as caterpillars. In some countries wasp larva are eaten and are an important source of protein. In some cases they are not helpful to humans when they eat helpful insects like honeybees. They can also be a nuisance to people when they try to eat food at picnics.

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There are over 17000 species of wasps. Wasps are insects that are like a bee but a wasp is not a bee. Wasps use their stinger to inject venom that paralyzes their enemies but does not kill them. No food is stored in the wasp nest because all of the cells face downward which also means the queen has to glue eggs in each cell so the eggs do not fall out.

Expert Groups Killer Bees

Life cycle / Care of young A killer bee is a type of honeybee from Africa. The queen lays 1,500 eggs per day. When eggs hatch into larva, worker bees take care of them. Killer bees take nectar and pollen that have been stored in the hive and make a food called bee bread that they feed to larva. The life cycle of a killer bee is egg, larva, pupa and adult bee. Both the killer bee and the regular everyday honeybee look alike – only an expert can tell them apart.


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Habitat / Diet Beekeepers do not provide hives to killer bees because they are a mean honeybee. Killer bees are not as picky as regular everyday honey bees, they make their hives in anything with shelter, such as old trees, walls of houses, old cars, etc. Killer bees collect pollen and nectar and make honey in their hive. Honey is their main food.

Behaviors Killer bees are a "social" honeybee. This means they live inside a well-defended hive controlled by one queen bee. They like to live in warm areas. They have a hard time surviving in areas with cold winters. They are a very mean bee and can stay upset for up to 24 hours!

Impact on Humans Killer bees can be harmful to humans because they are a mean and aggressive honeybee. They get upset easily and have been known to swarm and attack humans, even in some cases have stung a person or animal to death that accidentally walked too close to their hive. Since bee keepers do not raise killer bees, humans do not get to collect honey from their hives like they do from the regular everyday honeybee.


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Interesting Facts A killer bee sting is no more dangerous than a regular everyday honeybee. The difference is that when someone gets stung by a killer bee, they are going to be stung by a bunch of killer bees at the same time. The movies have made people very scared of them. Since they were introduced to South America in 1956, they have slowly migrated, or moved, to North America. It was reported in 1990 that killer bees were found in the United States.

Process Grid

Type of bee

Life cycle/

Care of young

Habitat /

Diet

Behaviors

Impact on humans

Interesting

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Honeybee

Killer Bee

Wasp “Yellow Jacket”

Mining Bee

Bumblebee


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