Monday, October 12, 2009

Learning About Bees

Here are some neat facts we have learned about honey bees:

1. There is only one Queen in a hive. (Kevin and Alyssa)
2. Bees will sting you if you wave your arms. (Jovanni)
3. Worker bees have stingers. (Jeremy)
4. Worker bees are only girls and Drones are only boys. (Josie)
5. Yellow jackets can sting you more than once. (Tommy, Mia and Daniel)
6. Queen bees can fly the highest. (Sebastian)
7. Queen bees are the biggest in the hive. (Sarina)
8. You can pet Drone bees because they don’t have stingers. (Emily)
9. There are 1,000 Workers, 100 Drones and 1 Queen in each hive. (Alan)
10. Honeybees make honey in their hives. (Jessica)
11. The Drones help the Queen bee in the hive. (Dominic)
12. Worker bees collect pollen to make honey. (Kayla)
13. The Queen lays all the eggs. (Vinnie)
14. Bee keepers have to wear a special suit to make sure they don’t get stung. (Sharon)
15. A smoker machine is used to calm down the bees so the bee keeper can get the
honey out of the hive.



1 comment:

Mrs. Partyka said...

Hi Second Graders!
We are a second grade class from Wayne School. We are learning abour insects to and loved your post abour bees. Wow! You have learned a lot! Your blog is awesome and we have added it as a favorite blog on our blog site! Have a great year!
Mrs. Partyka's Second grade class