🐝 Operation: Clear the Hive Jeopardy Template

🐝 Bee Facts

🤔 Myth or Fact?

🔍 Bee Detective

🎥 Bee Watch

🌼 Brave Challenges

100

100 Q: What do bees eat?

Answer: Bees drink nectar for energy and collect pollen for protein to feed young bees

100

Q: Bees chase people for fun

Answer: ❌ Myth. Bees are usually looking for flowers or protecting themselves/hive.

100

Find one interesting bee fact.

Answer:

Bees have 5 eyes.
Bees have 6 legs.
Bees can see ultraviolet light.
Not all bees make honey.

100

Watch a 15-sec bee video. Rate anxiety before/after.

100

Walk outside near flowers for 15 seconds. Count the bees you see.

200

200 Q: Why do bees sting?

Answer: To protect themselves or their hive. They do not sting to be mean.

200

Q: Bees can smell fear.

Answer: ❌ Myth. Bees cannot smell fear. They may react to quick movements, swatting, or certain smells (perfume, sweat).

200

Find THREE facts that prove bees are helpful to people.

Answer:

Bees pollinate about 75% of flowering plants.
They help grow fruits and vegetables.
They help farmers produce crops like almonds, apples, blueberries, and pumpkins

200

Watch a 30-sec bee video. Rate anxiety before/after.

200

Stand near flowers for 15 seconds. Count the bees you see.

300

300 Q: What flowers attract bees?

Answer: Lavender, sunflowers, daisies, clover, wildflowers, black-eyed Susans, fruit tree blossoms, and many purple, blue, white, and yellow flowers.

300

Q: Honeybees die after they sting.

Answer: ✅ Fact (only honeybees). Their stinger gets stuck in skin, so they die afterward. Bumblebees can sting more than once.

300

Why did this bee land on the flower instead of chasing a person? Find TWO reasons.

answer:

It was collecting nectar.
It was collecting pollen.
Flowers are the bee's food source.
Bees are usually focused on finding food, not people.

300

Watch bees eating, collecting pollen. Name 1 things you learned

300

Count bees you see near flowers for 30 seconds.

400

400 Q: What should you do if a bee lands near you?

Answer: Stay calm, don't swat, move away slowly if needed, let it fly away on its own.

400

Q: If you stay calm, bees usually leave you alone.

Answer: ✅ Mostly true. Calm behavior is less likely to make a bee defensive than swatting or sudden movements.

400

Compare a honeybee and a bumblebee. Find THREE differences.

Possible answers:

Bumblebees are bigger and fuzzier.
Honeybees are smaller and more slender.
Honeybees make large amounts of honey.
Bumblebees can sting more than once.
Honeybees die after stinging.

400

Watch a close-up bee video for 1 minute.

Name 2 things you learned

400

Stand near flowers for 45 seconds. Count the bees you see.

500

500 Q: Teach me 5 facts about bees.

Possible facts:
• Bees are pollinators.
• Honeybees make honey.
• Bees have 6 legs.
• Bees have 5 eyes (2 large compound eyes and 3 simple eyes).
• Bees communicate by dancing.
• Most bees don't want to sting people.

500

Q: What's the biggest myth about bees?

Answer: "All bees are aggressive." In reality, most bees are busy collecting nectar and will avoid people unless threatened.

500

Pretend you're presenting on National Geographic. Teach me FIVE facts that would convince someone bees are more helpful than scary.

Possible facts:

Bees are important pollinators.
Most bees don't want to sting people.
Honeybees die after stinging, so they avoid it unless necessary.
Bees are usually busy collecting nectar and pollen.
Bees help produce many of the foods we eat.
There are over 20,000 species of bees worldwide.
Many bee species are solitary and not aggressive.

500

Watch a 2-minute bee video. Name 3 things you learned

500

Stand near flowers for 1 minute. Count bees.