This week for the summer learning journey I have completed day 2, Activity 1. This activity was where I had to learn some facts about bumblebees. Then we had to type out the answers to fill in the gap. I learnt lots of facts so I hope that i got these questions right. Down below is the finished activity.
- 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 ___15____ kilometres 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 tress from the landscape, habitat loss, the mechanisation of
Greetings Florence,
ReplyDeleteGreat Work. You are focusing really hard on whats happening in the SLJ. I like it how you've explained what you needed to do for this activity. Your fill in blank spaces answers are interesting, because I did different one's, but we tried our best. Never give Up!
Keep it Up!
Hello Florence,
ReplyDeleteWow you are doing such a great job completing these activitys, I think that you are working so hard through out this programme. Was it hard to find these facts?. Keep it up!
Hey Florence,
ReplyDeleteYou've done a fantastic job on filling in the blanks for each of these unbee-lievable facts about bumblebees! Yes, you're absolutely correct, the word bumble means to hum, buzz or drone. Bumblebees are so small, it's hard to believe that they can fly as fast as 54 km/hr. That's much faster than the fastest man can run on earth!
Do you like bumblebees? My dad is a beekeeper so we have a few beehives in our back garden. Our bees are honeybees, not bumblebees though. I get a little nervous to stand too close to the beehives in case I get stung but these bees work so hard everyday that they never seem to notice me when I lean in a little closer to have a look! Do you think you would be brave enough to stand next to a beehive?
Keep up the hard work,
Evelyn :)