BEESSCIENCEBUNDLE

SCIENCE BUNDLE
Bees
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Anatomy of a Bee
head
antenna
eye
thorax
front leg
middle leg wing
abdomen
back leg
stinger
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bee sewing/lacing cards

INSTRUCTIONS
For best results, please print on good quality cardstock, 250gsm works great,
then simply cut out each piece. Punch holes using a hole punch.
These cards are great for fine motor skills. They can be used for sewing or
lacing. You can use yarn with a large craft needle or any type of string, even
a shoelace! Happy learning!
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CUT OUT AND PUNCH
HOLES WITH A HOLE PUNCH
CUT OUT AND PUNCH

HOLES WITH A HOLE PUNCH

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eleven twelve

thirteen fourteen

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seventeen eighteen

nineteen twenty
MAKE A FLYING BEE
YOU WILL NEED:

HOW TO MAKE:



HOW BEES
MAKE HONEY
Foraging bees gather nectar from
the flowers by sucking the nectar from
each flower and storing it in their special
honey stomach ready to be transferred to
the honey making bees in the hive.
After gathering the nectar, the

foraging bees then return the
hive, ready to transfer all the
nectar they have collecte
to the worker bees.
The foraging bees pass the nectar

into the mouths of the worker bees
who then store the nectar in the
special hive cells called
honeycomb.
The beekeeper removes the

honeycomb from the beehive
then extracts the honey by
using special tools that also
clean and separate the honey
from wax and other
particles.
When the honey is cleaned and ready
to be bottled, the honey is poured
After the nectar is placed in the honeycomb into bottles and containers ready
by the worker bees, the worker bees in the to be sent to the stores or
hive flap their wings, making the right markets, ready to eat!
temperature to cause evaporation
and make sweet honey.

beehive ho1n2eyco1m2b
After gathering the nectar, the After the nectar is placed in the honeycomb
foraging bees then return the by the worker bees, the worker bees in the
hive, ready to transfer all the hive flap their wings, making the right
nectar they have collecte temperature to cause evaporation
to the worker bees. and make sweet honey.
nectar w1o1r2ker bees
Foraging bees gather nectar from The foraging bees pass the nectar
the flowers by sucking the nectar from into the mouths of the worker bees
each flower and storing it in their special who then store the nectar in the
honey stomach ready to be transferred to special hive cells called
the honey making bees in the hive. honeycomb.
b1o1t2tled ho1n2ey
When the honey is cleaned and ready
to be bottled, the honey is poured
into bottles and containers ready
to be sent to the stores or
markets, ready to eat!
beekeeper
The beekeeper removes the honeycomb
from the beehive then extracts the honey
by using special tools that also clean and
separate the honey from wax
and other particles.
Life Cycle of a Bee
BEE
HIVE
EGG
PUPA
LARVA

Life Cycle of
a Bee
The adult bee emerges.
The larva turns into a pupa.

This stage lasts about 2 weeks.
One egg is laid in the

cell of the honeycomb.
Larva hatch in 3 -4 days.

Lava are fed by worker bees,
this stage lasts about 5 days.

Life Cycle of
a Bee

CARDS FOR LIFE CYCLE ACTIVITY
CUT OUT EACH PIECE AND CHILDREN
CAN PLACE IN THE CORRECT ORDER
ON THE MAT PROVIDED.

bee eggs
pupa larva
bee eggs
pupa larva

USE A PAPER
FASTENER/SPLIT PIN IN
THE CENTRE OF THE
CIRCLE TO ALLOW
TURNING

USE A PAPER
FASTENER/SPLIT PIN IN
THE CENTRE OF THE
CIRCLE TO ALLOW
TURNING
LIFE CYCLE OF A
honey bee

Bb is for bee

Bb
bee

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bee sewing/lacing cards

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CUT OUT AND PUNCH

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After gathering the nectar, the

The foraging bees pass the nectar

The beekeeper removes the

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The adult bee emerges.

The larva turns into a pupa.

One egg is laid in the

Larva hatch in 3 -4 days.

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