1. Learning Target: Plants use pollination to reproduce

2. The Colony Honeybees live in a large group called a COLONY. Each colony occupies its own hive. All the bees work together to survive and make honey 30,000 bees in a hive, majority are female workers! Constantly replenished

3. Body Parts of Bees 3 part body plan: HEAD THORAX ABDOMEN Since each kind of bee has a different job to de, parts of their bodies have evolved in special ways

4. WORKER Smallest type but most popular in the hive (90%) Female Performs chores in the hive: Feed baby bees Build the wax comb, where all the bees live Guards the hive Controls the hive temperature Collects nectar and pollen* Live for about 3 - 6 weeks (worked to death!)

5. WORKER BEE PARTS See page in your journal to identify the parts of a worker bee.

6. QUEEN Largest bee…only one of her kind “Egg factory” About 1,500 eggs a day! Life span of 3 - 5 years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bArNmKbYVm8& NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bArNmKbYVm8& NR=1

7. DRONE Fatter than the queen Strong flier Only job is to fertilize the queen Dies in the act FUN FACT: The rest of the drones return to the hive to be fed and cared for by the worker bees until food gets scarce in the fall. Then the workers bite off the Drone’s wings and throw them out into the cold!

8. Compare & Contrast Notice the differences in structure of each type of bee and think about how it relates to their specialized jobs

9. INSIDE A HIVE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE-8QuBDkkw

10. Pollination in a Nut shell… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yF5O26vYT8&fea ture=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yF5O26vYT8&fea ture=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJg- eXI7Pxg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJg- eXI7Pxg&feature=related

11. Making a Bee Stick Turn to Activity Sheet #4 in your journal for directions on how to make a bee stick. Has your opinion/attitude changed about bees?