Bees, Honey and Pollination: teacher key

Bees, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. Honey bees make honey from the sweet nectar of flowers. Bees also pollinate crops, and many wild bees are in decline.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. About how much water is in honey after bees dry the nectar?
   • None at all
   • About 18 percent (answer)
   • About 80 percent
2. Which crops need bumblebees to make fruit?
   • Tomatoes, potatoes and eggplants (answer)
   • Corn and wheat
   • Apples only
3. If a queen lays 1,500 eggs a day for 2 days, about how many eggs does she lay in all?
   • 1,500
   • 15,000
   • 3,000 (answer)
4. What can harm bees, according to the book?
   • Wax cells
   • Pesticides, especially insecticides (answer)
   • Ultraviolet light
5. What does colony mean?
   • Bee group (answer)
   • Wax cell
   • Flower

Words

• crop: nectar carrier
• colony: bee group