Bee facts for kids beekeepers use smoke to calm bees when they are collecting honey or relocating a hive. Honey bees harvest nectar and pollen from flowering plants. Bees have two pairs of wings, the larger fore wings and the smaller hind wings. Inspired by a love for bees and sustainability, our bee charity has created this curated library of free bee lesson plans, activity sheets and educational materials for you and your students. They do this to inform other worker bees of the exact location of the food source. There are seven species of honey bees that are further divided in 44 subspecies. The product is broken down into fact sheets and work sheets. Honey bees are tied to so many facts and historical events. We hope it inspires you to incorporate bees, pollination and sustainability in your classroom. Our preschoolers pretended to be bees gathering nectar, transferring yellowcolored water. They provide us with honey and they pollinate flowers. Killer bees have been known to chase people for over a 14 mile once they get excited.
The fact sheets have the basic facts about bees which is then reinforced through relevant worksheets. Honey bees live on stored honey and pollen all winter, and they cluster into a ball to conserve warmth. The smallest bee is a type of stingless worker bee thats about 2. May 14, 2014 learn about honey bees with these activities, books and fun facts. Please remember to subscribe to never miss out on new episodes. This means that these pages were put together from thousands of people working collectively to create sources of information such as this one. Beekeepers use smoke to calm bees when they are collecting honey or relocating a hive. Unlike honey bees, they are able to forage in cold, rainy, and cloudy like many species of bees, bumblebees face declining numbers across the globe. In this lesson, well look at the stages of the bee s life cycle to find out what.
Bumblebees also spelled bumble bees are a subset of bees in the genus bombus there are over 250 species of bumblebee most of bumblebee species are found in the northern hemisphere, although south america has a few native species, and new zealand and tasmania has some which were introduced from europe. When you spin the wheel, bee facts and pictures are formed, one at a time, including the life cycle of bees. Nov 02, 2017 honey bees are tied to so many facts and historical events. Join us here at national geographic kids as we check out ten facts about honey bees. Beehives have hexagonal cells in them, packed together. They squeezed the bulb of the baster to suck in the water nectar and transport it to the ice cube tray, releasing it. Here, well provide a few kidfriendly facts and some fun ways to use them to teach your children about the wonderful world of bees. The stinger comes out of the bees body and stays in the victim, releasing new venom while also signaling to other bees to come and help. Honey bee is easily recognized and highly appreciated type of insect. Weve also got ten fun facts you might not have known about bees. During our bug unit, our preschoolers had an opportunity to create honeycomb, taste honey, and play fun bee games. The importance of bumblebees as agricultural pollinators cant be overstated. Of all the species, the stingless bee is the smallest species whose workers are around 2. Here are some awesome facts to keep in mind as you learn more about honey bees.
Welcome to the home of all thats cool and interesting when it comes to our fascinating world. Its called configural processing, and it might help computer scientists improve face recognition technology, the new york times reports. We are ready to learn about bees with our bee activities and printables as part of this weeks creative preschool theme. Bee fact wheel make a bee wheel using this 2page printout. Fun bee facts for kids bees for kids, bee activities, bee facts. They have short, thick bodies that are covered with hair and can be anywhere from the size of a grain of rice all the way to the length of your big finger.
Bees crafts, activities, lessons, games, and printables. Bees make honey to feed their young and so they have something to eat during the winter. Distance learning bee fact booklet by thebeezyteacher tpt. Bees lifecycle bees parts label bees facts types of bees products of bees bee dance i have also included some worksheets to reinforce what we learn and some mini posters. Our fact booklets are filled with ageappropriate facts to help student gain confidence. Over the past two decades, colonies of bees have been disappearing at alarming rates in many parts of the world. Honey bee originates from south and southeast asia and possibly europe fossil evidence proved that honey bee existed in europe 23 to 56 million years ago. The members of the hive are divided into three types. This product is meant to give some quick facts on bees using real photographs. Learn more about bees with the free bee printables. Bees feed on pollens and nectar from flowering plants. Some honey bee facts really deserved to be shared, after all so many healing and healthpromoting opportunities for us humans start with this little busy creature. They produce and store honey and make perennial, colonial nests from wax.
Honey bees are superimportant pollinators for flowers, fruits and vegetables. The study of bees, including honey bees, is called melittology. The buzzing sound you hear when a bumblebee flies by is made by the vibration of the muscles they use to move their wings. Apr 26, 2014 here are a few more facts you may not have heard about bumble bees. Another activity in the teachers guide involved making a hive out of paper and then using yellow pom poms as bees. Honey bee is a widely distributed flying insect know for its ability to collect nectar from flowers and produce honey. Natural beehives or nests are made by honey bee colonies, while domesticated honey bees are kept in manmade beehives in a location known as an apiary.
This is an insect craftivity with several options and languages english and spanish. Bees belong to the insect family which means that they have six legs and three parts to their body, which are the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. These fast facts were based off of a wikipedia document on bees. They have stocky bodies that are covered with many hairs to which. Find ideas for fingerplays, science, and math activities to get your students buzzing with knowledge. The queen bees only job is to lay eggs, they lay up to 1,500 eggs a day. Preschoolers tend to think of bees as bugs that sting, something to fear when we are playing outdoors. Usually located underground, particularly in abandoned holes made by rodents, bumble bee nests contain between 50 and 500 individuals. During winter, honey bees feed on the honey they collected during the warmer months. The printables include a fun labeling activity that comes in two levels reading or color matching, a bee coloring page, description of bee body parts head, thorax, abdomen, and a writing activity page. The queen can live for 2 5 years, and lay about 1 million eggs over her lifetime.
They do all the different tasks needed to operate and maintain the hive. Cool bee facts although not everyone may think so, bees are insects that have many important purposes. See the fact file below for more information on the bees or alternatively, you can download our 22page bee worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment. Learn about honey bees with these activities, books and fun facts. Learning about bees with preschoolers with printables. Honey bees are the only living members of the tribe apini, all in the genus apis. Learning about bees can be filled with exploration.
If you are not familiar with wikipedia it is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Help bumblebees survive by creating a bumblebee nest. Bees help to pollinate flowers, which is how they can. Here are some bee facts to teach your preschoolers. Facts for kids strives to create a fun, educational experience for kids from preschool to kindergarten and beyond. Kids will love learning about honey bees with these fun facts and handson activities. A honey bee or honeybee is any bee that is a member of the genus apis. Spring is a great time for a preschool theme on bees. Engaging, handson activities exploring bees for kids. Apr 17, 2015 we are ready to learn about bees with our bee activities and printables as part of this weeks creative preschool theme. Bees crafts, activities, games, and printables for preschool and kindergarten. Bumblebees have rounded body with 2 pairs of membranous wings and 3 pairs of legs.
There is always something new to learn about honey bees and their impact on our society over the years. Honey bees perform a group of movements, known as the waggle dance. Teaching kids about the importance of honeybees without bees, we might not have flowers, fruits, vegetables, and other plants. Bees are found all over the world except the antarctica. Ever since kindergarten, i have been beekeeping with my mother, but we arent the first in our family.
They form a tight cluster in their hive to keep the queen and themselves warm. Some of the most frequent bee predators include bee wolves, mockingbirds, dragonflies, and king birds. Put your little one on your lap and watch this movie together. Check out our fun bee, bumblebee, honey bee and wasp facts for kids. Male bees in the hive are called drones and they do not have a stinger. They take partslike eyebrows, lips, and earsand cobble them together to make out the whole face. There are only seven species of honey bee, with a total of 44. Learn about different types of bees in a colony such as the queen, workers, soldiers, and drones, where do wasps like to build nests and much more. The most common species are honey bees, bumblebees and sweat bees. This phenomenon is called colony collapse disorder, wherein bees abandoned their. Learn about different types of bees in a colony such as the queen, workers. It is difficult to find age appropriate facts where the child can be independent in their research skills. Bumblebees also spelled bumble bees are a subset of bees in the genus bombus there are over 250 species of bumblebee most of bumblebee species are found in the northern hemisphere, although south america has a few native species, and new zealand and tasmania has. Teaching kids about the importance of honeybees avas flowers.
Bee facts for kids top 20 facts about bees for kids. Fun bee facts for kids interesting information about bees, wasps. Honey bee apis mellifera also known as the european honey bee or western honey bee. Because they flap between and 240 times a second, it might be hard to.
The beehives made by people are usually the things referred to by the word beehive. A beehive is a structure in which some species of honey bees genus apis live and raise their young. While bee stings can be painful, they arent serious unless you are allergic to them. Bees are some of the most studied creatures and written about animals. Our beekeeping tradition goes back four generations to my greatgrandmother charlotte ames, but i am the first male beekeeper in my family. Read on and enjoy our interesting information about bees and wasps.
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