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Why are BeesImportant?
What’s been changing outside? Warm weather
Flowers blooming More bugs Allergies?
It’s Spring!
PollenPlants use pollen to reproduce.
• What does it look like? Yellow and powdery
• Where is it? Everywhere! In the air, on cars, on the sidewalk, etc.
• Where does it come from? Plants
• What do bees have to do with it?
A LOT! We’ll talk more about it in a little bit.
Turn-and-Talk!
What do bees look like?
Are bees important?
What do bees do?
What do bees live?
What do bees eat?
Draw a realistic bee.
Use lots of details!
Do your best!
Draw It!
Head: front of the bee
Thorax: middle of the bee
Abdomen: end of the bee (body systems inside, like a human abdomen)
Two antennae are top of the bee’s head. These help the bee communicate with other bees.
While a bee’s huge eyes cannot see as human eyes do, they can sense light and dark. The eyes are located on the head.
Instead of teeth, bees have long mandibles (jaws) which help them eat pollen and drink nectar.
Bee Anatomy
The bee’s wings allow it to fly up to 15 mph from plant-to-plant and are attached at the thorax.
All bees (and other insects) have six legs which help them move and feel. The legs are also attached at the thorax.
The pollen basket is very important. It is located on one of the bee’s back legs and helps the bee carry pollen.
The stinger is located at the end of the abdomen. Female worker bees have stingers, but not all bees do.
Stingers help protect bees from small enemies, but the stinger will come off and kill the bee if it stings a large predator.
Bee Anatomy
Draw a realistic bee.Use lots of details!Do your best!
Draw It [Again]!
Use the diagram to help you!
Why do we see bees during Springtime?
Why do bees stay around flowers & other plants?
Pollination Sensation
Bees love the nectar (sweet liquid) & pollen found in plants.
When a bee lands on a plant, its legs & body get covered in powdery pollen.
A pollen basket or pollen sac from the plant can get caught on one of the bee’s back legs.
Once the bee is done drinking/eating from the first plant, it flies to a second plant.
When the bee lands on the second plant, pollen sac from the first plant can fall off and fertilize the second plant.
Fertilization is what makes flowers bloom and other plants grow.
Bees are pollination sensations because they help us grow things!
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