Bee Buzz Fact SheetBee Buzz! The Ultimate Honey Bee Field Guide Name: Date: Bee Body Parts Three Parts: Head, thorax, and abdomen. Six Legs: All bees have 6 jointed legs. Compound Eyes: Bees have 5 eyes in total! Four Wings: Two pairs that hook together. Antennae: Used for smelling and feeling. The Life Cycle 1 Egg: Lays one tiny white egg in a cell. 2 Larva: Fed "royal jelly" to grow. 3 Pupa: Sealed cell where it grows wings. 4 Adult: Chews out, ready to work! Hive Roles A hive can have 50,000 bees! Queen: Lays up to 2,000 eggs a day. Workers: (Girls) They do all the work. Drones: (Boys) Help make more bees. Nature's Helpers Pollination: Move pollen between flowers. Nectar: Bees drink nectar to make honey. Honey: Flap wings to dry out the nectar. Amazing Bee Facts Bees "dance" to show friends where the best flowers are! To make one pound of honey, bees visit 2 million flowers! Wings beat 200 times per second—creating the "buzz" sound. Bees are the only insect that makes food humans eat. Bee Safe & Bee Kind Stay Calm: If a bee flies near you, stand still. Give Space: Never touch a hive or a working bee. "If we save the bees, we save the world's food!"
