Bees and Their Honey: teacher key

Bees, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Bees are insects. Honey bees make honey from the sweet nectar of flowers.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do honey bees make?
   • Honey (answer)
   • Milk
   • Bread
2. Where do bees keep honey?
   • In a box
   • In a tree
   • In wax cells (answer)
3. Most bees in a hive are workers, and workers are all girls. So are most bees in a hive girls or boys?
   • Queens
   • Girls (answer)
   • Boys
4. How many queens does a honey bee hive have?
   • One (answer)
   • Ten
   • None
5. What does nectar mean?
   • A wax cell
   • A hive
   • Sweet flower drink (answer)

Words

• nectar: sweet flower drink
• workers: girl bees