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Bees Vocabulary Word List (116)
A)ABF (American Beekeeping Federation), Abundance, Affect, Agriculture, Alight, Amateur, Antennae, Apiarist, Apiary, Apiculture, Association
B)Bare hand, Basket, Bee glue, Beebread, Beehive, Beeline, Beeswax, Bloom, Blossom, Brood
C)Careful, Caution, Cell, Clover, Colony, Comb, Commercial, Conservation, Covering, Crops
D)Dance, Die, Diversity, Drawer, Drone, Dwindle
E)Ecosystem, Enemy, Energetic
F)Farm, Fertilize, Flowers, Flying, Frame, Fruit
G)Glove, Growth, Grub
H)Habitat, Hatch, Healthy, Hind legs, Hive, Hobby, Honey, Honeycomb, Hover
I)I: industrious, Industry, Insect, Interference
J)Jelly, Job, Justification
K)Keeper
L)Larva, Legs
M)Mites
N)Navigate, Nectar, Nest, Nurse bees
O)Outfit, Overalls
P)Pesticide, Pollen, Pollinate, Pores, Price, Production, Profit, Propolis, Protect, Protection, Pupa
Q)Quality, Quantity, Queen
R)Research, Resistant, Royal jelly
S)Shortage, Skep, Specie, Spring, Sting, Storage, Store, Subsidies, Sun, Swarm
T)Tireless, Tongue
U)Unique, Use, Useful
V)Vegetables, Veil
W)Waterproof, Wax, Wings, Worker bee
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Y)Youth
Z)Zeal
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Bees facts:

The earliest known bees were trapped in amber.
They are called fossil bees and lived 50,000,000 years ago.
One bee can travel up to four miles to pollinate.
Beehives located near farms help pollinate crops.
A strong, healthy colony can hold up to 50-60,000 bees.
A colony of bees can gather/collect 20-25 pounds (9-11 kilograms) of nectar in a day.
Honeybees can identify flavors as bitter, salty, sour or sweet The largest bee is a type of bumblebee and is longer than an inch.



Bees Lesson Plans: Search for answers about bees!
1. Bees have enemies. Can you name at least five of them?
2. How fast does a bee fly?
3. Do all bees sting?
4. How long can a queen live? How many eggs can she lay in a day? in a season?
5. How many kinds of bees are there? (Include both social and solitary types) How are they different?
6. How many eyes does a bee have?

Bees Lesson plan and discussion ideas:

1. Describe the life of a honeybee and include information about the queen, swarming, making honey and wax.
2. Draw a picture of a hive and how it is constructed.
3. Draw a picture of a beekeepers protective gear and label everything he/she needs.
4. Why are bees important to us?

Main Sources: Heather Collura, USA Today and Everett Oertel, World Book Encyclopedia

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