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• Bees are found all over the world.
• Bees supply honey, bees wax, and they fertilize plants.
• There are many different kinds of honey bees.
• The three body parts of the honey bee are the head, thorax, and abdomen (the tail end).
• Bees can fly about 15 mph.
• They eat nectar (a sweet liquid made by flowers) which they turn into honey.
• All the members of the hive are related to each other.
• There are three types of honey bees: * the queen (who lays eggs)

  * workers - females who gather food, make honey, build the six-sided honeycomb, tend eggs, and guard the hive

  * drones - males who mate with the queen.

   

   

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