Honey bee
Bumblebee
Wasp
Oral Language Questions
What is the same about the bees?
What is different about the bees?
Writing Motivation
Different Bees
Honeybee
Bumblebee
Carpenter
Mason bee
Hornet / Wasps
Oral Language Questions
What do bees do?
Gifted Vocab
Guarding the hive and honey
Gathering pollen and Nectar from Flowers
Writing Motivation
What Bees Do
A Beekeeper’s Hive
Oral Language Questions
How does the worker bee do the waggle dance?
Honeybees:
Gifted Vocab
Worker bees
Making Honey
Waggle dance
Direction of sun
Oval shape
Writing Motivation
The Bees Waggle Dance
Gifted Vocab
Egg
Larva
Pupa
Adult
Laying eggs
Worker caps cell
Spins cocoon
Writing Motivation
The Lifecycle of Bees
Oral Language Questions
How does the bee get pollen from the flowers?
What does “bee bread” look like?
Video:
Gifted Vocab
Collecting and trapping pollen
Protein-packed food
Hairs like spiky brushes and flat combs
Antenae like windshield wipers
Squish pollen into balls with saliva and nectar
Bee bread
Writing Motivation
Pollen and… Bee Bread!
Oral Language Questions
How do bees make honey?
Where does the nectar go?
Video:
Gifted Vocab
Made from nectar
Long tongues
Two stomachs
Digestive enzymes turn it to sweet gold
Vomit the nectar
Regurgitation
Beating their wings to take away water
Cap with wax
Writing Motivation
How Bees Make Honey