Bees

Worksheet Description

This worksheet includes an expository text about bees, detailing their social structure and behaviors. It explains how bee colonies are organized, the role of the queen bee, and the process of swarming, where a new queen leaves with half the workers to form a new colony. The passage also touches upon how bees become wild if they escape to the woods and continue their honey gathering without human intervention, leading to the presence of bee-trees in the forest.

The worksheet’s objective is to educate students about the behavior and social organization of bees, one of nature’s most intricate and well-structured societies. By answering the questions following the passage, students practice their reading comprehension skills and learn to extract and articulate information from a nonfiction text. The exercise also serves to spark curiosity about entomology and the environmental significance of bees, while promoting an understanding of basic biological concepts and natural phenomena.