Bee's Life Cycle
Name that Bee Body part
Vocabulary to know
Bees Disappearing
Vocabulary to know 2
100

What is the name of the FINAL stage in the life cycle of a honeybee?

Adult bee

100

What is the name for the part labeled #10? 

The legs

100

A flow of energy through the living things in an environment. It is arranged by what eats what. 

food chain

100

Humans depend on bees to __________ the flowers that give us fruit! 

pollinate 

100

All the living and non-living things coming together in an area. 

ecosystem

200

What is the name the THIRD stage in the life cycle of a honeybee?

Pupa

200

The part of the bee labeled #8 and #9 

The wing

200

What is the vocabulary word for any living thing? 

(ex: bacteria, animals, humans, plants, fungi)

organism

200

True or False: If we didn't have bees, many of the crop plants (fruits and vegetables) that we eat on a daily basis would disappear. 

True.

200

All plants are __________ because they make their own food with energy from the sun.


producers

300

What is the name the SECOND stage in the life cycle of a honeybee?

Larvae

300

What is the name of region 2? Hint: It contains 2 wings on top and 6 legs underneath. 

the thorax 

300

All three types of organisms in the picture below are _________ because they are all living things that must eat another living thing to survive. 

consumers

300

Name one reason why bees are disappearing. 

pesticides, bacteria, parasites, and infections

300

The natural world around where an animal lives. It is the combination of the place they live, and the weather in that place. 

Examples: tundra, desert, rainforest, jungle

environment 

400

What is the name for FIRST stage in the life cycle of a honeybee?

egg

400

The part of the honeybee labeled #14. Hint: This picture is magnified for you. 

The stinger

400

A living thing, such as fungi or bacteria that breaks down dead plants or animals. 

decomposer

400

There is an acronym that is used to represent the official name of the bees disappearing. The acronym is CCD. What does CCD stand for?

Colony Collapse Disorder

500

This substance is produced in the head of the nurse bee, and is fed to the larvae in order for them to grow. 

Royal Jelly

500

There are three main regions of the honeybee's body. What are they called? 

Head, thorax, and abdomen

500

The process that green plants use to make food. 

photosynthesis

500

What is one way we can help stop honeybees from disappearing? 

We can plant more gardens with a variety of flowers close by, so bees can get a balanced diet without traveling far. 

We can continue to research bees, and find out which ones don't get sick from the parasites and infections. We can try to reproduce those bees. 

We can encourage farmers and families to raise bee hives and take good care of the bees in the hive.