1. The Wonderful World of Bees Jennifer Martin

2. The Types of Bees 20,000 different species of bees and 11 ‘families.’ Bees make up a superfamily known as the Apoidea. In each hive there are workers, drones & a queen. Workers: majority of population- all sterile females. Care for queen and drones, collect nectar and make honey. Drones: males, with no stinger. Mate with the queen to produce new bees. Queen: only ONE queen. She can lay up to 1,500 eggs a day and live up to 8 years.

3. Bee Facts Bees have compound eyes made of many tiny eyes called ommatidia. Honey bees have existed for 30 million years. The honeybee's wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz. It takes about 556 workers to gather 1 pound of honey from about 2 million flowers.

4. How Bees Make Honey Worker bees collect nectar from flowers outside. They bring the nectar back to the hive. The bees produce enzymes to mix with the nectar to make honey!

5. Where in the World are Bees? Bees live everywhere in the world except in the highest mountains and in arctic regions.

6. Bees in History Humans have been eating honey since the beginning of time. Honey was found in the tombs in ancient Egypt. The honey was 2,000 years old.

7. Creative Assignment Pretend you a bee during any time period in history. Are you a worker, a drone or a queen? Do you live in a field or a honey farm? Write a two page paper, double-spaced about your bee life. Be sure to state what specie of bee you are and be accurate with all your bee facts and bee activities.

8. Resources http://www.greensmiths.com/bees.htm http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm http://www.beeswaxco.com/howbeesMakeH oney.htm http://www.beeswaxco.com/howbeesMakeH oney.htm http://www.honey-health.com/honey- 34.shtml http://www.honey-health.com/honey- 34.shtml www.pestworldforkids.org/bees.html www.pestworldforkids.org/bees.html