Bees!

All About Bees

100

What do bees collect from flowers?

Nectar and pollen

200

The cells near the edge of the honeycomb have this.

Honey

300

What is the dance called that bees use as communication?

a. the buzz dance

b. the squiggle dance

c. the waggle dance

c. the waggle dance

400

Who are the members of a bee colony?

a. A queen, a beekeeper, and a hive

b. A queen, workers, and drones

c. A queen, and a combination of kings and soldiers.

b. A queen, workers, and drones.

500

How many eyes does a bee have?

a. 3 eyes

b. 5 eyes

c. 2 eyes

b. 5 eyes!

Habitat

100

How many honey bees can you find in a hive?

a. 50 honey bees

b. 100 to 200 honeybees

c. Up to 60,000 bees

c. Up to 60,000 bees

200

What common insect eats bees?

a. Dragonflies

b. Ladybugs

c. Beetles

d. Junebugs

a. Dragonflies

300

What type of animal eats bees?

a. Snakes

b. Dolphins

c. Dogs

d. Tigers

a. Snakes

400

Where do bees like to thrive?

a. oceans

b. mountains

c. gardens

c. Gardens

500

Name the four parts of a bees life cycle.

Egg, larva, pupa and adult.

Interesting Facts

100

What is the official state insect of North Carolina?

a. the worker bee

b. the honeybee

c. the queen bee

b. the honeybee

200

How much honey can a single honey bee make in it's lifetime?

a. about a tablespoon

b. about a jar

c. about a twelfth of a teaspoon

c. about a twelfth of a teaspoon

300

True/False. Worker bees tell other bees where to find flowers by dancing.

True.

400

How many body parts does a bee have?

a. 10

b. 6

c. 3

c. 3

500

How many different species of bees are there?

a. 5,000

b. 10,000

c. 25,000

c. 25,000