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by Raymond Henslowe
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
1032098
2.2.6
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Online Leveled Books
Level: L
DRA: 24
Genre:Informational Text
Strategy:Question
Skill:Text and Graphic Features
Word Count: 417
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Pictures. 5 Colibri/Jupiter Images. 6 Thomas Shjarback/Alamy. 7
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Images. 10 AFP/Getty Images.
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Kinds of BeesBees are always busy. Every bee has a job
and a place to go. Hives have three kinds of bees. There are
queens, workers, and male bees, called drones.
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The queen is the most important bee in the hive. Her job is to
lay eggs. She lays about 2,000 eggs every day! The eggs will hatch
into new workers, drones, and queens.
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Some worker bees work inside the hive. They feed the queen and
the drones. They take care of the queen’s eggs.
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Other worker bees work outside the hive. They guard the doors of
the hive. They collect pollen and nectar from flowers and bring it
back to the hive for all the bees to eat.
Bees have long tongues to sip nectar from flowers. They collect
the pollen on their back legs as they walk around inside each
flower.
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The drones, or male bees, are the fathers of the queen’s eggs.
Drones don’t do anything else. The worker bees feed the drones and
clean them. There are usually only a few hundred drones in a
hive.
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BeehivesWorker bees build cells in the hive. These
cells are called combs. The cells are made of wax. Each cell is
shaped the same, with six sides. Bees store their food in some of
the cells. They put eggs and young bees in other cells. The queen
lives and lays her eggs in the deepest part of the hive.
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Sometimes there are too many bees in a hive. Then a queen leads
some bees out to start a new hive. A group of bees looking for a
new home is called a swarm. Swarms might hang on nearby tree
branches while worker bees look for a place to build a new
hive.
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When Bees StingSometimes animals attack a beehive. Then
the worker bees that guard the doors of the hive sting the
attacker. Other bees from the hive come to help the guards. Many
animals cannot break through the swarm of bees. Even birds’ sharp
beaks are no match for bees.
Eyes
Head
Wings
Stinger
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Imagine you are walking along a winding trail in a forest. You
walk past a beautiful pond and find a buzzing hive of bees. Don’t
worry! If you leave the bees alone, they will not sting you. The
bees are busy doing their jobs.
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RespondingTARGET SKILL Text and Graphic
Features What photographs are used in this book, and what do
they show you?
Copy and complete the chart below.
Text to World What is the life of a queen
bee like? Write a few sentences that
summarize her life. Remember to include
only the most important parts of her life.
Write About It
Photos What They Show
Queen bee?
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Queen is largest beeHow bee collects pollen?
Page
3?
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beaksbranchesbreakdeepest
hangpondshapedwinding
TARGET VOCABULARY
TARGET SKILL Text and Graphic Features Tell how words work with
photos.
TARGET STRATEGY Question Ask questions about what you are
reading.
GENRE Informational text gives facts about a topic.
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by Raymond Henslowe
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
1032098
2.2.6
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Online Leveled Books
Level: L
DRA: 24
Genre:Informational Text
Strategy:Question
Skill:Text and Graphic Features
Word Count: 417
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