OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaBees are fuzzy flying insects that live in hives. They buzz from flower to flower collecting a sweet juice called nectar. Bees are very important for helping plants grow!
Bees have fuzzy bodies with yellow and black stripes. They have six legs and two pairs of wings. Bees have special baskets on their back legs where they carry pollen from flowers back to the hive.
Bees use nectar to make honey. A hive can have thousands of bees all working together to make enough honey for the whole colony. Bees also eat pollen, which gives them the energy they need to fly.
- Bees are very important because they help flowers grow.
- When a bee visits a flower, tiny bits of pollen stick to its body and get carried to the next flower.
- Without bees, we would not have many of the fruits and vegetables we eat.
- A bee visits about 2,000 flowers every single day!
