Summary
Honey bees turn nectar into honey and pack pollen into a food called 'bee bread' to feed the hive. Deep Look shows how bees gather and store both -- pollinating flowers as they work.
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Discussion questions
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Honey bees collect nectar to make honey and pollen to make 'bee bread,' both feeding the colony. Visiting flower after flower, they carry pollen that lets the plants make seeds.
- What two foods do honey bees make from what they gather at flowers?
- How do bees help flowers while collecting food?
- Why is the bee-and-flower relationship good for both sides?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: nectar, pollen, pollinate, hive.
Try it: Sort 'nectar' (sweet drink) and 'pollen' (powder) jobs into two boxes. Write what the bee makes from each.