One sunny day, a Queen honeybee leaves her hive. Other bees, called drones, follow her. The Queen mates with a drone. Now she can lay eggs.
The Queen flies back to the hive. Laying many eggs in her job. She puts one egg in each cell.
In three days the eggs hatch. Out come larvae. Worker bees feed the larvae.
After five o six days, workers cover the larvae cells. Inside the cell, the larvae grow into a pupa. In about ten days, a young bee comes out of the cells.
Hives have only one queen. Most other bees are workers. Some bees are drones. Workers are females. Drones are males.
Young worker bees stay inside the hive. They clean cells and make food. Drones do no work.
Workers make wax to build cells. Some cells are for eggs. Other cells are for food.
Sometimes the hive is too hot. The wax begins to melt. Worker bees beat their wings as fast they can. They make wind to cool the hive.
The door of the hive must be watched. Robber bees try to steal honey. Workers and robbers fight. Both bees die after stinging once.
Outside the hive, older worker bees look for flowers. Inside a fiore is Cibo for bees. Bees change some of the Cibo into honey.
After finding flowers, a bee flies home. Other workers smell her food. They want to find fiori too.
The bee tells where the fiori are da dancing. The others feel her move. Now they all know where to get food.
Sometimes a hive too many bees. The queen, some workers, and a few drones fly away. They look for a new hive. In the old hive, a new Queen is born.
Not all bees are the same. Bumblebees build nests. Stingless bees cannot sting, but they can bite hard. Carpenter bees make homes da digging into trees.
The Queen flies back to the hive. Laying many eggs in her job. She puts one egg in each cell.
In three days the eggs hatch. Out come larvae. Worker bees feed the larvae.
After five o six days, workers cover the larvae cells. Inside the cell, the larvae grow into a pupa. In about ten days, a young bee comes out of the cells.
Hives have only one queen. Most other bees are workers. Some bees are drones. Workers are females. Drones are males.
Young worker bees stay inside the hive. They clean cells and make food. Drones do no work.
Workers make wax to build cells. Some cells are for eggs. Other cells are for food.
Sometimes the hive is too hot. The wax begins to melt. Worker bees beat their wings as fast they can. They make wind to cool the hive.
The door of the hive must be watched. Robber bees try to steal honey. Workers and robbers fight. Both bees die after stinging once.
Outside the hive, older worker bees look for flowers. Inside a fiore is Cibo for bees. Bees change some of the Cibo into honey.
After finding flowers, a bee flies home. Other workers smell her food. They want to find fiori too.
The bee tells where the fiori are da dancing. The others feel her move. Now they all know where to get food.
Sometimes a hive too many bees. The queen, some workers, and a few drones fly away. They look for a new hive. In the old hive, a new Queen is born.
Not all bees are the same. Bumblebees build nests. Stingless bees cannot sting, but they can bite hard. Carpenter bees make homes da digging into trees.
da Ogden Nash
Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning albero stumps into snow men
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over the lakes.
Smooth and clean and frost white
The world looks good enough to bite.
That’s the season to be young,
Catching snowflakes on your tongue.
Snow is snowy when it’s snowing
I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.
SNOW
da Karla Kuskin
We’ll play in the snow
And stray in the snow
And stay in the snow
In a snow-white park.
We’ll clown in the snow
And frown in the snow
Fall down in the snow
Till it’s after dark.
We’ll cook snow pies
In a big snow pan.
We’ll make snow eyes
In a round snow man.
We’ll sing snow songs
And chant snow chants
And roll in the snow
In our fat snow pants.
And when it’s time to go home to eat
We’ll have snow toes
On our frosted feet.