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How to “Bee” Part of a Community. http://www.dankitwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Bees.jpg. Instructions . Pay attention. Watch for buzz words! Take notes. What do you know about bees?. http://101gopherpestcontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Pest-Bees-01.jpg. Are you sometimes
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How to “Bee” Part of a Community http://www.dankitwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Bees.jpg
Instructions Pay attention. Watch for buzz words! Take notes.
What do you know about bees? http://101gopherpestcontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Pest-Bees-01.jpg
Are you sometimes afraid of bees? Have you ever thought about what their lives might “bee” like?
Like all other living things, bees need: Food Air Water Shelter
Air • Like us, bees get their oxygen from the air we share. • They breathe through special tubes, not noses or mouths. http://myrmecos.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/honey_bee_flying.jpg
Water • Bees drink water through another special tube called a proboscis. It’s kind of like when we drink through straws. • Let’s watch! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH7aNZ7sFE4
Food • Bees eat honey! • Bees collect nectar from flowers to make their honey. • They make enough honey in the spring and summer to last all through fall and winter. http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2013/03/15/shutterstock_111011864/large.jpg
Shelter • Bees live in hives. • Humans like us live in communities called neighborhoods or cities, but bees live in communities called colonies. http://shelledy.mesa.k12.co.us/staff/computerlab/images/Bees_Hives_on_tree.jpg
There are three jobs a bee can do in their colony: http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening/images/uploads/drone_queen_worker.jpg Worker Drone Queen
They dance! • Bees use special movements that look like dances to tell the other bees where to find nectar. • Let’s watch! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nga4Z_HRUsU
Cross-Pollination • Bees do a special job. • They help plants grow! • They help move pollen from one plant to the next. • ACTIVITY!
Albert Einstein thought so… http://urbandirtgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Chelsea-Exhibit-G-Bee-Garden-1.jpg
Did you know that bees help grow 40% of all our fresh food? http://www.co-operative.coop/cdn-1cd1258d843d505/Corporate/CSR/planbee/without_bees_they'd_all_be_off_the_menu.jpg