Week 8
Week 8, day 1, Rubber Boot Journalist.Bees have two stomachs, one stomach for eating. Do you know what the other stomach is for? Tune in tomorrow for the answer.
Week 8, day 2, Rubber Boot Journalist. The answer to yesterday’s question is the second stomach is a special stomach for storing nectar collected from flowers or water so that they can carry it back to their hive. Do you know what the male bees in the hive are called?
Week 8, day 3, Rubber Boot Journalist. The answer to yesterday’s question is male bees are called drones. Do you know what their job is?
Week 8, day 4, Rubber Boot Journalist. The answer to yesterday’s question is the male bee’s job is to find a queen to mate with. Male bees fly out and meet in special drone congregation areas where they hope to meet a queen. Male drone bees don’t have a stinger. Do you know what happens to a worker bee if she uses her stinger? Find out tomorrow.
Week 8, day 5, Rubber Boot Journalist. The answer to yesterday’s question is the worker bee dies if she uses her stinger. Did you know how many eyes bees have? Tune in Monday for the answer.