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How Honeybees Make Honey
Honey is made by honeybees, and it takes a lot of teamwork. A hive can hold thousands of bees. Each one has a job.
Some bees are called forager bees. On warm days, they fly from flower to flower to find nectar. Nectar is a sweet, watery juice inside flowers. A forager sips it up with its long tongue. The nectar goes into a special pouch called a honey stomach.
When its pouch is full, the forager flies back to the hive. It passes the nectar to a house bee. The house bee chews the nectar and adds something from its own body. This helps change the nectar into honey.
Next, the house bee puts the nectar into a wax cell. The new honey is still too wet. So the bees fan their wings over the cells to dry it out. When the honey is thick, the bees cover each cell with a wax cap.
Bees save honey to use as food in winter, when no flowers are blooming.
Who flies from flower to flower to find nectar?
- house bees
- the queen bee
- forager bees
What is nectar?
- a sticky wax that the bees make at home
- thick honey in a wax cell
- a sweet, watery juice inside flowers
Where does a forager keep the nectar on the trip home?
- in its honey stomach
- on its fuzzy back legs
- on its long tongue
What does the house bee do with the nectar first?
- carries it back out to a flower far away
- fans it with its wings to help it dry out
- chews it and adds something from its body