Hive to Honey: The Bee Facts Quiz
Tiny but mighty, bees play a huge role in keeping our world alive and blooming. As they travel from flower to flower, they carry pollen that helps plants reproduce — supporting ecosystems and much of the food we eat. Inside their hives, bees work together in highly organized communities, each with a job to do.
From pollination to honey-making, this is the ideal quiz to help students ages 8–14 develop their "hive mind."
In Life Inside a Beehive, Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers come across a beehive. They look at honeycomb and learn how bees make honey to feed their babies. Join them as they buzz and dance like bees. This video is excerpted from BBC's Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest, a nature exploration show in which Ranger Hamza and the Ramblers go on quests to discover nature’s wonders and the important role they play in our environment.
In The Life of a Honeybee!, host Rory Crawford is about to buzz into the exciting world of honeybees! These social creatures live in hives filled with worker bees and one big queen bee who lays all the eggs. Learn how to care for these busy pollinators safely, including using a smoker and wearing a bee suit, while discovering the sweet treasures of honey and beeswax found in their hives! This video is excerpted from BBC’s My Pet and Me, a children’s show that introduces kids to the rewards and responsibilities involved when having a pet.
In Bees in Decline, visit a collection of bee specimens at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. There are more than 250 species of bees, and they help pollinate everything from apples to flowers. But bees are in decline, and one reason is the varroa mite, a tiny bug that causes a big problem.
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