All About Bees
Bee vocabulary
AEIOU
Really, really, really tough words
100

Buzzy the Bumblebee was curious. What did he like to do?

read

100

to be left in a difficult or helpless situation

stranded

100

to go with someone or something

accompanied

100

being brave, bold and full of energy; not getting scared easily

moxie

200

Where did Buzzy get stranded?

on a flower

200

to want what someone else has; jealous

envious

200

to support someone and help them feel confident

encourage

200

just a little bit

trifle

300

Why did Buzzy lose his confidence in flying?

He read in a book bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly

300

to do something with uncertainty

tentatively

300

an explosion or large burst

erupt

300

very strong or powerful

intense

400

What do bumblebees do to help us

answers may vary

400

feeling worried or nervous

anxious

400

to leave something or somewhere and not go back

abandon

400

to be made of something or have certain parts included

consist

500

Bumblebees are known as what kind of species

keystone species

500

a community of living things that depend on each other to survive

ecosystem

500

not willing to help or follow directions

uncooperative  

500

to look for or try to find something

sought