HONEYBEE Life Cycles Jason Cooper Britannica Digital Learning
HONEY Honeybees make so much honey that beekeepers can take some without starving the bees
5 Honeybees Everyone knows the honeybee It is one of our most familiar insects Honeybees buzzing around flower blossoms are common sights and sounds Everyone knows about the honey that honeybees make too It is sweet and sticky Honeybees make honey as food for themselves But they make more than enough Beekeepers take some of the bees honey for people to eat Honeybees make honey from nectar Nectar is a sweet liquid made by flowers Honeybees suck nectar from the flowers A honeybee has a long tongue that works like a straw The bees store nectar in their stomachs There it is changed into sugars