m1-2 science

06 - The Busy Bees

Title

The Busy Bees

Reading Text

Bees are very hard workers. They live in a big group called a colony. Bees have a very important job. They help flowers make seeds. When a bee lands on a flower, it gets yellow dust on its legs. This dust is called pollen. The bee flies to a new flower. It drops the yellow dust there. This moving of dust is called pollination. Pollination helps new plants grow. Bees also drink sweet water from flowers called nectar. They take the nectar home to make honey. Without bees, we would not have apples or strawberries!

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:

Text: A large group of animals or insects living together.
Text: Yellow dust that helps plants make seeds.
Text: The act of moving pollen to help plants grow.
Text: Sweet water found inside flowers.
Text: A sweet food made by bees.

Items:

Label: Colony
Answer: A
Label: Pollen
Answer: B
Label: Pollination
Answer: C
Label: Nectar
Answer: D
Label: Honey
Answer: E

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: Thousands of bees live together in a
After: .
Answer: colony
Before: The bee had yellow
After: stuck to its legs.
Answer: pollen
Before: Wind and bees help with
After: so flowers can grow.
Answer: pollination
Before: The butterfly drinks
After: from the rose.
Answer: nectar
Before: I like to put sweet
After: on my toast.
Answer: honey