Bees words

Bees words

A Bee is a yellow and black flying insect that makes honey. There are different types of bees. ( honey bee names ). They live together in a hive and have different jobs.

Types of bees

• Queen bee: a big female bee that lays eggs. Baby bees are born from them.
• Drone: a male bee whose job is to mate with the queen bee. It does no other work in the hive.

• Worker bee: it works really hard. It collects food, makes honey and protects the queen.

Other words related to bees ( bees words)

• Honey: sweet sticky yellow food made by honeybees.
• Hive (= beehive): a place bees build to live in.
• Honeycomb: a structure that bees make. It consists of many six-sided cells where honey stored.
• Wax: a solid substance that is made from various fats or oils.
• Lay: to produce an egg out of the body.
• Collect: to gather things.
• pollinate: to give a plant or flower pollen so that it can make seeds.
• Pollinator: bees are effective pollinators. They pollinate flowers and plants.

Facts about bees

• There is only one queen bee in a hive.
• The queen bee lays about 2000 eggs a day.
• Every bee in a hive has a specific task.
• Drones have bigger eyes.
• Drones are sometimes kicked out of the hive when there isn’t enough food in winter.
• Worker bees are all female.
• About 50000 to 60000 worker bees can live in one hive.
• The honeycomb is made of hexagonal cells because the hexagonal shape saves more space than any other shape.
• Bees are effective pollinators.
• Honey bees are native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

You might love to read this fable about the flies and honey.