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Busy bees.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ouch! A bee just stung me. I shouldn't have swatted it away from me when I was swimming in the pool. My finger hurts, but sadly, now the bee is dead. A bee can only sting once. Then its life is over. Even though none of us like being stung, bees ...
A-maze-ing bees.(word search)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... Make your way through the beehive letter maze by connecting letters to spell the following words in order: POLLINATORS, HIVE, QUEEN, WORKERS, COLONY, SWARM, BUZZ, STINGER, HONEY, FLYING INSECT, DRONES, ...
Fuzzy, buzzing dynamos.
May 01, 2009; ... What is fat and fuzzy and shouldn't fly, but does? If you guessed a bumblebee, you were right! This plump little bee must beat his wings 2 and 1/2 times faster than his cousin, the honeybee, just to stay in the air. That's 160 times a second! To get that kind of energy, the bumblebee must ...
Riding the back roads with Max.(bees )(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Max and his owners, Linda, Craig, and their seven-year-old son, Ed, are driving the back roads of America. Perhaps you have seen Max with his head out the window. I[ not, here is a letter describing his most recent adventure. Location: Delware ...
Bees in the attic.(Short story)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Mom," Ben shouted, running downstairs. "We have bees in our house! I heard them humming in the walls." "Nonsense," Mom said, pouring honey onto Ben's cereal. "Bees live in hives, not houses. You've seen the beeman's hives in the country." ...
Plant a bumblebee buffet.(making a wildflower garden)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Plant a wildflower garden and watch the bumblebees, observing their graceful ways. They look like jellybeans, hovering above the petals. Each bee gathers nectar and pollen found in the many wildfowers. This is how they support the colony. Pick ...
Who eats bees?
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you ever wondered who could eat a bee without getting stung? How could it be possible, and who would want to? Would you believe there are more than eight different kinds of animals that eat bees? They think bees are quite delicious! At five calories ...
The bees in Belize.(Poem)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The bees in Belize say, "No thank you and please," And they cover their noses and mouths when they sneeze. For the bees know it's right to be nice and polite. So the bees never yell, and the bees never fight. All the fleas in Belize are as kind ...
Busy as a bee.(life cycle)
May 01, 2009; ... Have you ever heard of the expression "busy as a bee?" While it might not seem that an insect would have chores, their lives are full of them. Each bee has a special job to keep the colony going strong. Not only do other bees depend on them, but flowers do too! In addition to bees and ...
To bee or not to bee.(tests)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All of the words below use the name "bee," but not all of them are the flying insect. Can you pick out the real bees? Circle the names of the different kinds of real bees. OKEECHOBEE BUSY BEE HUMBLEBEE WORKER BEE KILLER ...
Your own giant honeybee!(Science)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We love bees! Well, to tell the truth, we love honey. We love honey on hot corn bread. We love peanut butter and honey sandwiches. We love honey on hot cereal. And because of this, we love honeybees. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On the ...
The honey factory.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To make one spoonful of honey, bees must visit 2,000 flowers. They collect a few drops of sweet liquid from the heart of each one. Some flowers make nectar at only one time during the day. Bees somehow know the right time to visit those flowers. They can ...
Honey-raisin cookies.
May 01, 2009; ... <Pre> HONEY-RAISIN COOKIES [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In BOWL ONE put: * 3/4 cup honey or maple syrup (or any combination of the two that equals 3/4 cup) * 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce * 2 eggs * 1 teaspoon vanilla [ILLUSTRATION ...
Honeycomb puzzles.(Stunts & Puzzles)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Honeybees like to make their homes, called beehives, in dark, enclosed places, inside a hollow tree, for example. Another example is special wooden boxes made by beekeepers. Inside the hive the honeybees make beeswax that ...
Nectar News.(Poem)
May 01, 2009; ... <Pre> Nectar News [ILLUSTRATION OMIITED] [ILLUSTRATION OMIITED] A waggle and a shake, a tremble hereand there- [ILLUSTRATION OMIITED] [ILLUSTRATION OMIITED] That dancing honeybee has nectarnews to share. A waggle means, "There's ...
Quick as the queen.
May 01, 2009; ... See how quickly you can find these bee related words. Write the letters that are left uncircled in the boxes below, and they will reveal ...
Bee toon.
May 01, 2009; ... OUR MOTTO KEEP BUSY ...
What's the buzz?(test on gardening)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... Use the clues to fill in the flowers. The last letter of one answer is the first letter of the next answer. Then place the numbered letters in the boxes to see what these bees are buzzin' about! Clues: 1. windy month 2. garden tool 3 ....
Make the atom Smasher Wannabe.(how to make a Leyden Jar and electrical charges)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While this project won't really smash atoms, it is similar in principle to devices that actually do. Because of this, I have called it an "Atom Smasher Wannabe." What it does do is provide startling bright sparks that look just like tiny lightning flashes! ...
Bee cartoon.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I BOUGHT ...