Bees have three body parts, six legs, two antennae, and four wings. They live in families or colonies with thousands of bees consisting of worker girls, drone boys, and one queen mother. Bees and flowers need each other as bees carry pollen between flowers to help them make seeds while collecting nectar to make food back in their honeycombs homes, where the nectar turns to honey and the combs house baby bees. Bees are an important part of the environment as they help flowers and provide honey, so people should be nice and not threaten bees.

1. Amazing Bees By Mrs. Hicks

2. Bee’s Body 2 antennae head thorax abdomen stinger 4 wings 6 legs A bee is an insect with three body parts, six legs, two antennae, & four wings.

4. Bees and Flowers Bees and flowers need each other! Bees carry pollen from flower to flower. Flowers need the pollen to make seeds. Bees collect nectar from the flowers and take the nectar to their hives to make food.

5. Bees’ Home Bees also make the honeycombs as beds for the baby bees. The nectar they collect is stored in the honeycombs where it turns into honey. Bees make honeycombs for two important reasons: