🐝SLJP W3D2 - The Air Up There - Activity 1: Bee Informed🐝
Aloha everyone! Welcome back to my blog! Bees. We may not know it but Bumblebees are really important even though they don't really matter to some of us! This task is based on bees. Bumblebees. Bumblebees were first introduced to NZ in 1855 to pollinate a plant called the Red Clover. Nowadays, Bees do even more special and important jobs, including pollination of greenhouses and many more!
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In this task I am going to bee-come a detective! I was given 5 sentences:
- The word ‘bumblebee’ is a compound word (bumble + bee). The word ‘bumble’ means to __________________________.
- Bumblebees can fly very quickly. They can reach ground speeds of _______ kilometres per hour (km/h).
- Bumblebees are very strong! They carry up to ____ percent of their body weight in food with them to avoid starvation.
- Bumblebees can do more work and carry more pollen than other bees, including honeybees. In fact, they can do up to ______ times as much work as a normal honeybee.
- The number of bumblebees is declining in New Zealand due to a number of factors, including the _____________________.
I was also given words/phrases/numbers:
...50 ...90 ...removal of wildflowers and flowering trees, habitat loss, and extensive use of pesticides. ...hum, buzz, or drone ...54
Using the words/phrases/numbers above, I have to fill in the blanks in the sentences! Let's get started!
The word 'bumblebee' is a compound word (bumble + bee). The word 'bumble' means to hum, buzz, or drone.
Bumblebees can fly very quickly. They can reach ground speeds of 54
kilometers per hour (km/h).
Bumblebees are very strong! They carry up to 90 percent of their body weight in food with them to avoid starvation.
Bumblebees can do more work and carry more pollen than other bees, including honeybees. In fact, they can do up to 50 times as much work as a normal honeybee.
The number of bumblebees is declining in New Zealand due to a number of factors, including the removal of wildflowers and flowering trees, habitat loss, and extensive use of pesticides.
Information from The NZ Bumblebee Conservation Trust
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Woah. That was a lot of detective work!
Fun Fact: Bumblebee eggs are shaped like sausages!
Thank you for reading this blog! Make sure to give me some POSITIVE feedback
Kia Ora Lydia,
ReplyDeleteLee here from the Summer Learning Journey team.
It's my first time coming over here and spending some time with your school's blogs, and I'm really enjoying it!
This activity is so well set out by you, well done!
Bumblebee eggs are shaped like sausages? That's amazing! In fact it is making me hungry, how can that bee?
I'm sad that the amount of bumblebees are declining here. I see you have put some of the reasons why. So knowing all that, what do you think the number one thing to stop the bumblebees dying would be?
Enjoying your blog!
Talk to you again soon
- Lee
Hi Lydia!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Florence, I attend at Panmure Bridge School. I am commenting to say that you are doing an amazing and outstanding job. You are so close to finishing the SLJ. Will you be continuing the SLJ to get onto commenting like me?
I like your favourite thing about Bees? If you hate bees. What don't you like about bees? Fun fact about me, I hate bees because I got stung by one on the last day of school in 2018.
Your answers to the Bee questions are so similar to mine. You have very good answers. I like how you underlined and changed the colour of the answer so that your readers can visibly see your answers.
Nice talking to you!
Keep it up!