RIC-6946 The Comprehension Box 1 - Sample student cards

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Bees are flying insects that
are related to ants and
wasps. There are thousands
of different bees in the
world. The smallest bee is
as tiny as a speck of dust,
but the biggest could be
as large as your little finger!
The most well-known bee is
the honey bee.
A colony of bees usually has one large queen. Her job is to lay eggs.
Other female bees are called workers. They collect pollen and look
after the queen. The pollen is used to feed the bees. The male bees are
called drones. Their job is to breed with the queen bee.
The body of a bee has three main parts. The mouth, eyes and
antennae are on the head. The wings and three pairs of legs are
attached to the thorax. The sting is at the tip of the abdomen.
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One very important job of a bee is to pollinate flowers. This means
to take pollen from one flower and put it on to another flower so that
seeds can be made. Bees and other flying insects do this job very well.
When a bee visits flowers to drink the rich, sweet nectar, pollen sticks to
its fuzzy coat. It is also collected in special sacs on the bee’s legs. The
bee drinks nectar through its long tongue, which is called a proboscis.
A honey bee has two stomachs. The second one is called the honey
stomach. This holds the nectar collected by the bees. In the hive, the
bee empties its honey stomach and the nectar is changed to honey.
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