Do you want to learn more about bees? Those black insects that look like blur play a very important role in our lives. Bees are responsible for pollinating plants, which helps them grow and reproduce. This directly affects our food supply, which is why we eat all these delicious fruits and vegetables every day. When you see bees moving around town, they actually work hard for us! These buzzing facts about bees will give you a new perspective.
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1. The bee has five eyes.
The bee has two large eyes on the side of its head and three small eyes on the top. That’s some powerful vision!
2. Bees have two stomachs.
One is for eating, while the other is for storing nectar and converting it into honey. They can have extra snacks!
3. Bees can see ultraviolet rays.
This light helps bees find patterns on flowers that are invisible to humans. It’s like the secret code of the bee’s eye.
4. Bees particularly attract purple and blue flowers.
This is because these colors are easiest to see. They can’t see the red color, which is a surprising fact about bees.
5. The bee’s wings beat about 200 times per second.
This helps the bees hover quickly and easily in the air. They fly 15 miles per hour!
6. The bees buzzed as they flapped their wings.
The next time you hear the bees buzzing, you will know that it is because the bees are moving!
7. Bees dance and communicate with each other.
Otherwise known as Waggle dance, this sport can help their bee friends find food, stay safe, and more. Dance, is anyone?
8. The body of a bee is covered with branched hair.
The ends of these hairs split, which helps bees collect and transfer pollen. They are like little spoons.
9. The bee hive can accommodate three types of bees.
Each hive has a queen bee, hundreds of drones and thousands of worker bees.
10. Anywhere from 60,000 to 80,000 bees can live in a honeycomb.
Population fluctuates according to the season. Summer is the busiest time, while winter is the quietest time.
11. Only queen bees can lay eggs.
She created all the babies for the hive.
12. Queen bees can produce up to 2,000 eggs per day.
This is especially true during the busy summer months.
13. Workers bees are all female bees.
Workers bees are responsible for foraging, caring for and building hives. In other words, they keep the hive alive!
14. Male bees are called drones.
Their main job is to mating with queen bees. They are bigger than women and have no stings.
15. Female bees die after stabbing someone.
If a bee stings hurt a person, its stinging stings remain on the skin and tear off the bee’s body, causing it to die.
16. Queen bees can live up to 5 years.
By contrast, the worker bees only lived for a few weeks to months.
17. It takes about 12 workers’ lives to make a teaspoon of honey.
They are truly committed to their work!
18. Bees have a strong sense of smell.
They have 170 odor receptors, which are much higher than dogs’ sense of smell. This helps them smell different types of flowers when looking for food.
19. Bees eat nectar and pollen.
They collect flowers from plants and trees. That’s why you often see them buzzing around the garden.
20. Bees can enjoy up to 5,000 flowers in a day.
It depends on the species and availability of the flowers. They must be busy insects!
twenty one. Foraging bees can fly 5 miles from the honeycomb.
They are far away, looking for food. A meal is a lot of work!
twenty two. Bees pollinate about 75% of all flowering plants.
This includes most fruits, vegetables and nuts to bring them into our food supply.
twenty three. One-third of the food we eat depends directly or indirectly on the pollination of bees.
That’s another reason why they are so important to our survival.
24. Bees turn nectar into honey.
Bees flap their wings by speeding to add enzymes and dry moisture. Then we can have this delicious snack!
25. Made of honey, beeswax has many uses for humans.
Beeswax is used to make candles, body lotions, furniture polishes, candy paints and more!
26. Bees are most active in spring and summer.
Currently, flowers are in full bloom, providing them with nectar collection.
27. Honeybees remain active throughout the year.
In winter, bees eat stored honey. They stay together in the hive and keep warm.
28. Honey will never be destroyed.
Edible honey even found in ancient Egyptian tombs thousands of years ago!
29. Beekeepers harvest excess honey.
They also leave a large amount of it in the hive to keep the bees vibrant and in good condition.
30. Not all bee larvae are fed the same food.
According to their future roles, they are fed royal jelly, pollen or honey.
31. When a queen bee dies, the worker bee can create a new queen by feeding the bee larvae “Royal Jelly”.
Royal Jelly led to the development of this special leader.
32. There are over 20,000 bees.
This is a lot of diversity in bee populations!
33. Bees face serious threats to their survival.
The decline in bee populations is due to pesticides, habitat loss, disease and climate change.
34. Humans can help save the bee population.
We can create a garden of pollinators by growing local flowers without pesticides.
35. Most bees are lonely, nesting alone.
They live on wood, soil or hollow stems.
36. May 20 is World Bee Day.
That’s right, bees are special and even have their own vacation! It begins to spread awareness of our importance to the food chain. Long live the bees!
Use these facts about bees in your classroom
- Use a child-friendly research tool like Pebblego to find out more facts about bees. Students can then write their own bee reports on paper or type in a word processing program.
- Let your students further research by presenting what they have learned in their digital workspace. They can then show the slideshow to the class and their families.
- Kids of all ages love jokes, and these insect-themed jokes and bug puns are no exception. Share with your class and let them come up with some of their own new products!
- Your students will love the bee craftsmanship that makes mirror stamps. Provide students with bee templates. Next, let them paint with colored paint or watercolors. Finally, fold it in half to create a great mirror design.
- Have your students design a habitat for bees. Grab a piece of mixed media paper and create the design with chalk marble. Then, use the template you provide to cut out the shape of the bee. The colors end up looking super cool! The students then add animals to the background page and add flowers, grass, etc. to create their habitat.
- Place a Bumblebee Hotel outside your classroom window to provide them with a safe place to stay so they can pollinate our world. Bees are made of environmentally friendly parts, with the opportunity to rest, hibernate, nest and lay eggs away from prying predators.
- Print out these bug and insect coloring pages for quick organizer and brain breakage. The children love them!
- After sharing these facts about bees, we delve into the butterfly world. Then, compare and contrast the two insects using a graph organizer such as a Venn chart or block diagram template.
- Study the life cycle of bees and serve as a detailed chart for them.
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