CONTENTS Busy Bees 4 Inside the Hive 10 Collecting the Honey 18 The Importance of Bees 22 Glossary and Index 24 honey honeycomb Honey is a sweet sticky food We eat it in yogurt on bread and many other different ways But where does honey come from
busy bees Honey is made by honeybees People who raise bees for honey are called beekeepers They keep bees in containers called hives Beekeepers can own one or many hives 4
A hive has several layers When a beekeeper checks a hive he or she wears special clothes to protect themselves from bee stings BEE FACT Wild honeybees build nests on or inside trees around buildings or inside caves bees 5
