Honey Bee Trivia

How fast can a honey bee fly?

• 15 mph

  (a fast bike rider)

• 25 mph

  (a car driving slowly)

• 60 mph

  (a car on the highway)

• 6 mph

  (a person running)

How many flowers does a bee have to visit to make 1 pound of honey?

• 100 flowers

• 1000 flowers

• 1 million flowers

• 2 million flowers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What shape is honey comb? (hint: it has 6 sides)

• A square

• A triangle

• A hexagon

• An octogon

TRUE or FALSE:

The buzzing sound you hear when a bee flies by you is a sound the bee makes with its mouth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE:

Honey bees never sleep.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE:

Honey never goes bad.

• TRUE

• FALSE

How many eyes does a honey bee have?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

How many bees does it take to produce one tube of honey?

• 2

• 12

• 5

• 20

How does a honey bee known which hive is hers?

• She remembers what it looks like.

• She remembers what it smells like.

• She follows the buzzing of other bees.

• She never flies very far away, so she never gets lost.

How many flowers does a worker bee visit in one trip out?

• 5-10 flowers

• 20-30 flowers

• 50-100 flowers

• 100-200 flowers