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Bees and Their Honey

Bees: How do bees make honey?

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Bees are insects.

Honey bees make honey from the sweet nectar of flowers.

Bees visit flowers.

Bees drink nectar from flowers with their tongues.

Bees keep honey in wax cells.

A honey bee hive has one queen.

The queen is the mother who lays the eggs.

Boy bees cannot sting.

Most bees in a hive are workers. Workers are all girls.

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  • nectar: sweet flower drink
  • workers: girl bees

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