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Wax Cap

Inside the Honey Stomach

Nectar

Water

Nectar
in cell
1. From where do the bees drink nectar?
The bees drink nectar from the
flower

2. How do they drink it?

The bees drink nectar by using its

long tongue

Long Tongue
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enzyme change nectar into?
glucose

The enzyme change nectar into

fructose
fructose and glucose

2. After the bee return to their hive, what do they

spit from their honey stomach?

They spit nectar from their honey

stomach
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evaporate the water?
Water

It changes into honey

Nectar
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6. How do the bees cover the cell?

Wax Cap

They cover the cell with a wax cap

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First, bees drink nectar from flowers using their long tongue.
Their tongue helps them to reach the nectar inside the flower.
Then, bees store the nectar in a special sac called a honey
stomach. Inside the stomach, special enzyme changes nectar into two
sugars called fructose and glucose.
After the bees return to their hive, they spit the nectar from its
honey stomach into one of the cells.
Next, the heat in the hive evaporate water from the nectar and
it turns into honey.
Finally, the bees cover the cell with a wax cap.
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Bees are the only insects which produce food for humans. The food the
honey bee produces is unique, good tasting, beneficial and nutricious. So, how
does a bee make honey?

First, bees drink nectar from flowers using their long tongue. Their tongue
helps them to reach the nectar inside the flower.
Then, bees store the nectar in a special sac called a honey stomach. Inside
the stomach, special enzyme changes nectar into two sugars called fructose and
glucose.
After the bees return to their hive, they spit the nectar from its honey
stomach into one of the cells.
Next, the heat in the hive evaporate water from the nectar and it turns into
honey.
Finally, the bees cover the cell with a wax cap.

Thousands of worker bees can produce over 200 pounds of honey for the
colony in a year. Imagine if there are no bees on this earth!
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