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Introduction

Well, they are very interesting insects that live in a family just like you.   Not only that, but all the bees in the family have jobs to make the hive a good, safe place to be.  Now for you and your buddies jobs...

You both are going to be the Bee Keepers.  To be a good Bee Keeper, you must find out why bees are helpful to the Earth, what different kinds of bees there are, and how bees live.  So you and your buddy get ready to buzz through the wonderful world of bees.

At the end of this WebQuest you will have a PowerPoint presentation that will be shared with the class showing how you are as "busy as a bee"!

Task

After listening to the story Honeybee and Robber by Eric Carle you and a buddy are going to buzz through different sites to find out more about the following...

1.  What are the Characteristics of a bee?
2.  What is a  Drone bee?
3.  Why do Worker bees have to do so much?
4.  What does a Queen bee do?
5.  What goes on inside a Hive?
6. After doing each task on paper, you and your buddy get to use all your information to design your own PowerPoint presentation!!

1. Characteristics

Buzz through the sites below to find out what makes a bee an insect.  See what other things you can find that makes a bee special.  When you are done, open the Paint program and make a diagram of a bee that includes at least 6 characteristics.

2.  Drone Bee

Why are drone bees important even though they don't do very much to help out?  Buzz through the next site to learn all about Drone bees.  On PowerPoint paper #2  write down three things you learned about Drone bees.
 
 

3.  Worker Bees

This is where "Busy as a Bee" comes from.  Find out how busy these bees really are by checking out the next site. When you are done, work with your partner to write up a "job description" for the worker bee on PowerPoint paper #3.
 
 

4. Queen Bee

Now, to find out about the Queen of all bees, buzz through this site and decide if she really deserves the title of Queen Bee.  When you are finished used the information you learned to make up an acrostic poem about the Queen.  Do this on PowerPoint paper # 4
 
 

5.  The Hive

What makes a hive a special place for bees to live?  Find out all you can about a bees home and then be ready to compare the bees home to your home.  On PowerPoint paper #5 write 3 ways your house is like a hive and 3 ways your house is not like a hive.

Evaluation

Busiest Bees  (15-20)	Busy Bees (10-14)	Somewhat Busy Bees (5-9)	Not Very Busy Bees (5 and below)
Excellent work!  You are officially a bee expert.	Great  job!  You know a lot about bees.	Good work!  You know something about bees.	Okay work...You should try harder next time.

 

Conclusion

Take a bee quiz!	Check out these yummy honey recipes!	Can you do this worker bee puzzle?	Help the honey bee find the flower.	See how you can train honey bees!

Resources

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/multimedia/bee.html

http://www.suebee.com/postcards/general.html

http://www.suebee.com/kidsrecipe.html

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/pfg/samples/index.htm

hive  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/hive.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/multimedia/hive.html

http://www.lessontutor.com/lh3.html

http://www.honey.com/kids/facts.html

http://www.honey.com/kids/

http://www.rebelartist.com/search/index?i=12&q=bees
This is where I got the beautiful worker bee picture.
 
 

Fitcher, George S. Bees, Wasps and Ants. NewYork/Racine, Wisconsin: A Golden Junior Guide/ Western Publishing Co., 1993.

Ficher-Nagel, Heiderose and Andreas. Life of Honeybee.  Minneapolis:  Carolrhoda Books, 1986.

Hawcock, David and Lee Montgromery. Bouncing Bugs:  A Read-About, Fold-Out, and Pop-Up Bee.  New York:  Random House, 1994.

Micucci, Charles.  The Life and Times of the Honeybee.  New York:  Ticknor & Fields, 1995.