How Bees Make Honey

Why do bees make honey?

• to benefit many different animals and humans

• to feed their young and have a food source in the winter

• to help pollinate flowers

• to keep worker bees busy during the summer months

What words from the text help readers understand the meaning of cooperation?

• much hard work

• extraordinary process

• all the hives' members

• to their survival

What is the main difference between worker bees and drone bees?

• Worker bees leave the hive, and drone bees stay in the hive

• Drone bees collect nectar from flowers, and worker bees do not

• Worker bees are female and drone bees are male

• Drone bees care for the young and worker bees care for the queen

Which job do older worker bees usually have?

• forager

• nurse

• guard

• attendant

Why do honeybees have two stomachs?

• One holds food, and the other holds pollen

• One holds nectar, and the other holds pollen

• One holds nectar and the other holds food

• One holds food for the drone, and the other holds food for the queen

Honeybees bring pollen back to the hive in _______

• special stomachs

• body parts on their legs

• hollow mouthparts

• glands on their abdomens

Which of the following steps begins the honey-making process?

• Liquid nectar is passed from one bee to another in the hive

• The nectar solution is transferred to a processor bee at the hive

• Chemicals in the forager bee's stomach mix with the nectar

• Bees help thicken the nectar by fanning it with their wings

A honeycomb is a perfect hexagon because it _______

• uses the least amount of beeswax and is strong

• helps evaporate some of the water in the honey

• provides the most contact with warm air in the hive

• takes the bees only about a half hour to build

After nectar is transferred to the honeycomb, the bee _____

• caps the honeycomb immediately

• fans the liquid with its wings as fast as it can

• feeds nectar to young bees in the hive

• performs a dance to show others where the food is

The flavor, color, and thickness of the honey depend on the ____

• part of the country where the bees collect the nectar

• the kind of bees that collect the nectar

• type of flowers the bees collect nectar from

• speed that the bees process the nectar