Busy As a

Busy As a… Have you ever noticed a little creature called the bee?What an amazing insect. Bees have little feet and big round eyes. They are yellow and black. You see them buzzing around sweet-smelling flowers everywhere. Scientists say that bees are really important. If we did not have bees, there would be no food on earth. Bees have a short life. They live only about a month, but in that time they fly up to 14 kilometres from their nest, searching for food.

What are they looking for?Worker bees are looking for sweet nectar, which they find on flowers. Then they bring it back to the nest for the queen bee. The queen bee lays about 1, 500 eggs each day. During her three or four year lifetime, one beehive can have 40, 000 to 60, 000 bees! Have you ever been chased by an angry bee?Well, just remember: a bee can fly about 25 kilometres an hour. Most likely, you will never be able to outrun a bee! So don't be afraid of bees. Just let them do their work. They never stop working. That's why people say“ busy as a bee” .