Honey Bees Quiz

6 months

2 weeks

21 days

1 year

Honey bees, bumblebees, carpenter bees, sweat bees

Nurse bees, guard bees, forager bees, undertaker bees

Queen bees, soldier bees, worker bees, drone bees

Scout bees, chef bees, librarian bees, mechanic bees

Collecting nectar and pollen from flowers

Laying eggs and maintaining the hive's population

Guarding the hive from predators

Flying long distances to find food

They transfer pollen from one flower to another as they collect nectar and pollen for their hive.

They eat the flowers and prevent pollination

They build hives that block the flowers

They scare away other pollinators

Only cacti and succulents

Exclusively aquatic plants

A wide variety of plants

None, honey bees do not benefit any plants

Honey bees produce honey by mixing water and sugar in their stomachs

Honey bees produce honey by chewing on flower petals and spitting it into honeycomb cells

Honey bees collect nectar and store it in their wings

Honey bees collect nectar from flowers, store it in their honey stomach, and then return to the hive to deposit the nectar into honeycomb cells. They then fan their wings to evaporate excess moisture from the nectar, which eventually turns into honey.

Destroying plant and crop populations

Causing harm to other insects and animals

Pollinating plants and crops

Producing honey for human consumption