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Answers to the quiz

  • 1. True: Bees are deaf, so they don’t use verbal language, but one way they communicate is to dance to share information and to make requests.

    2. True: Bees are remarkably tidy, they even groom each other and keep their hive incredibly clean.

    3. False: Bees can’t see any shades of red but they can see shoes of blue, green and violet.

    4. False: Bees do have teeth, which they use for chewing and biting but they won’t will only bite their enemies not people!

    5. False: A bee hive is constructed using hexagonal shapes. It is the most efficient shape and allows for the cells to be packed together with no empty space in between.

    6. False: A Queen Bee will lay 800,000 eggs in her lifetime.

    7. False: Bees can fly at speeds of around 12 miles per hour.

    8. False: The Wallace's giant bee is the largest bee in the world and is almost 4cm long not 40cm!

    9. False: Canadian bees produce honey… maple syrup comes from trees!

    10. True: Bees are insects, they have 2 sets of wings, 3 body parts and 6 legs.

Answers to the activities

  • Bee crossword

    Across
    1 - POLLEN
    5 - HIVE
    7 - ORGANIC
    8 - WAGGLE
    9 - EGGS
    10 - NEST

    Down
    1 - HONEY
    3 - LEGS
    4 - NECTAR
    5 - HEXAGON
    6 - STING

    Label a bee

    A - ANTENNAE
    B - WINGS
    C - LEGS
    D - POLLEN BASKET
    E - STING
    F - ABDOMEN
    G - THORAX
    H - HEAD