These activities go along with my other articles about bees. View them all to get the complete unit study.

Abdomen - rear section of bee that contains the stinger and other organs.

Antennae - sensors on the bees head that are used to smell with.

Barb - pointy thorns that stick out of the stinger making it hard to remove.

Bee Dance - used to show other bees where nectar/flowers are.

Beekeeper - someone who cares for and raises bees.

Colony - a group of bees living together.

Compound Eye - large eye with many sections which enable a bee to see all around.

Drone - Male bee whose only job is to mate with the queen.

Hive - a bees home, where it lives with other bees and produces honey.

Honey - food produced by bees.

Honeycomb - area where honey is stored, also called cells.

Insect - an animal with an exoskeleton, 3 body parts and 6 legs.

Larvae -second stage of bee, grub like stage, eats beebread.

Mandibles - plier like jaws that are part of the bees mouth.

Nectar - the sweet juice produced by flowers, gathered by bees and turned into honey.

Nurse Bee - the bees that take care of the eggs, larvae and pupas.

Pollen - small spores from a plant that appear as a dust and are necessary for plant reproduction.

Pollen basket - area where bees carry the pollen on their bodies (hind legs).

Pollination - the act of transferring pollen from one flower to the other. 

Proboscis - combined area of tongue and mandibles.

Queen Bee - the only bee that produces eggs.

Scout Bee - the bee that goes out and looks for flowers/nectar.

Spiracles - holes in the sides of bees which they breathe through.

Swarm - when a new queen leaves the hive with other bees to start a new hive.

Thorax - the middle section of the bees body, where the legs are connected.

Wax - produced by bees to make the hive cells.

Worker Bee - guards hive, gathers nectar, makes honey, repairs hive and cleans it. All workers are female bees.