The Honeybee

How is pollen carried by a honeybee?

• under is wings

• over its back

• in its mouth

• on its legs

What happens just before the honey is packaged and sold?

• People use honey instead of sugar to sweeten their foods.

• Honeybees mix the pollen from different plants together.

• Honeybees fly from flower to flower and gather nectar.

• People gather the honey from the honeybee hive.

What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

• Honeybees get honey from flowers.

• Honeybees eat nectar to make honey.

• People wear suits to gather honey from beehives.

• People use honey instead of sugar to sweeten foods.

How can bees survive during winter?

• by eating nectar

• by eating honey

• by eating pollen

• by eating flowers

Which key detail supports the main idea?

• The pollen sticks to the honeybee's legs.

• The honeybee is North Carolina's state insect.

• Plants need help from honeybees to continue to survive.

• Many people use honey instead of sugar to sweeten foods.

Which sentence from the selection supports the main idea of the selection?

• "When people hear the name 'honeybee', the first thing they think of is honey."

• "They will gather the honey from the honeybee hive."

• "Many people use honey instead of sugar as a way to sweeten the foods that they eat."

• "Many different kinds of plants would not be able to live without help from honeybees."

Why is it important for the honeybees to spread pollen around?

• to be able to eat nectar

• to help new crops grow

• to be able to survive

• to help make honey

According to the selection, what is one thing that could happen if honeybees did not spread pollen around?

• New plants would not grow.

• New plants would grow faster.

• People would use sugar instead.

• People would not have any honey.

What is the main idea of the selection?

• Honeybees pollinate plants.

• Honeybees gather seeds.

• Honeybees ruin plants.

• Honeybees eat honey.

What is the first step honeybees must take to make honey?

• The bees fly to new crops and gather pollen.

• The bees find sugar to eat and turn it into nectar.

• The bees fly from flower to flower and gather nectar.

• The bees find pollen on new flowers and turn it into nectar.