Da Bees
Vocab
Main Ideas
Bee Facts
Bee Crazy
100
The kind of bee that lays eggs in the hive.
What is the queen bee?
100

This is used by beekeepers to calm honeybees.

What is a bee smoker?

100

This is what happens when a bee visits from flower to flower.

What is pollination?

100
The cells near the edge of the comb have this inside.
What is honey?
100

Bees do this to talk to each other and tell where flowers are.

What is 'dancing'?

200
The kind of bee that is male in the hive.
What are drone bees?
200
A sweet liquid that bees gather to make honey.
What is 'nectar'?
200
The kind of bee that takes care of the larva and the queen.
What are the worker bees?
200
The 'fancy' kind of food the larva eat for the first few days.
What is royal jelly?
200

The type of bee that turns nectar into honey.

What are worker bees?

300
The kind of bees that are female and gather nectar and pollen.
What are worker bees?
300

A long, thin feeler on the heads of insects, crabs and other animals.

What is an antenna?

300

The number of sides of a cell in a honeycomb.

What is 6.

300

The minimum number of days all bees are fed a special substance.

What is 3 days?

300

This type of bee's job is to find the right flowers for the hives.

What is a scout bee?

400

Name the four parts of a bees life cycle.

What is egg, larva, pupa and adult bee?

400

The part of the body that contains the stinger.

What is the 'abdomen'?

400

These bees die after mating.

What are drones?

400

The cleaned cells are used for this.

What is new eggs?

400

The food that bees eat in the winter.

What is honey?

500

This is a thick, sticky fluid that bees gather to use as a glue.

What is propolis?

500
The long tube-shaped body part of the bee that is used for sucking.
What is the 'proboscis'?
500
The material the hive is made out of.
What is wax?
500

A worker bee that guards the entrance of the hive.

What is a sentry bee?

500
The sharp point on a bee that could be used to attack enemies.
What is a stinger?