Bees Comparison Benchmark Review

What is one way both authors describe the importance of bees?

• Bees make wax for candles.

• Bees help with pollination.

• Bees live in forests.

• Bees can sting people.

How are the two texts different?

• One text explains how bees fly; the other explains how they make honey.
  

• One text tells about bees' jobs in nature; the other focuses on how bees help farmers.
  
  

• One text is a story; the other is a poem.
  
  

• 1.      One text is about insects; the other is about animals.

Which text gives more details about how bees live in colonies and have different jobs?

• Text 1

• Text 2

• Both

• Neither

Why might a farmer want bees near crops, according to Text 2?

• To collect honey for sale.
  
  

• To protect the crops from bugs

• To help pollinate the plants

• To attract birds