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3. (cont.) Once the time is up, ask students to raise their hand and take turns asking questions and making ob-
servations. Use the questions and observations to open up the conversation. If time allows, go over any other
observations not mentioned or prompted by students.

4. Explain that there are three types of honeybees in the colony:
 Queen: The queen’s job is to lay eggs (she can lay up to 2,000 a day). The queen can live one to five
years.
Reina: el trabajo de la reina es poner huevos (puede poner hasta 2,000 al día). La reina puede
vivir entre uno y cinco an os.
 Drones: The male bees are called drones. The drones mate with the queen, typically in flight, and die
shortly after. The population of the drones in the hive is low compared to worker bees. Drones are
kicked out of the hive as winter approaches.
Zángano: Las abejas machos se llaman zánganos. Los zánganos se aparean con la reina, nor-
malmente en vuelo, y mueren poco despue s. La poblacio n de los za nganos en la colmena es baja en
comparacio n con las abejas obreras. Los za nganos son expulsados de la colmena cuando se acerca el
invierno.
 Worker bees: They have the highest population in the hive and perform all of the following
jobs: cleaning the hive, feeding the brood, attending the queen, receiving nectar and processing it
into honey, building more wax comb, guarding bees, and foraging for nectar, pollen, and propolis.
Abejas obreras: tienen la población más alta en la colmena y realizan todos los siguientes tra-
bajos: limpiar la colmena, alimentar a la crí a, asistir a la reina, recibir el ne ctar y procesarlo para con-
vertirlo en miel, construir ma s panal de cera, cuidar abejas y forrajear ne ctar, polen y propo leos.
5. Explain that bees forage by collecting nectar and pollen from many flowers, storing the nectar in their bodies
and storing the pollen in their pollen sacs.
6. Give students an opportunity to observe the pollen in the jar and, if they want, to taste a little.
7. Explain that bees use the comb to store nectar and pollen, lay the eggs, feed the larvae, and make honey.
8. Beginning with the area of the comb closest to the bar, point out the following:
 Capped honey storage: bees can access the honey by poking a hole
Almacenamiento de miel tapado: las abejas pueden acceder a la miel haciendo un agujero
 Cells with nectar in them
Ce lulas con ne ctar en ellas
 Pollen and bee bread
Polen y pan de abeja
 Bee nursery: brood cells for the queen to lay eggs
Vivero de abejas: ce lulas de crí a para que la reina ponga huevos.
 Larva and drones
Larva y za nganos
9. Bees transform the nectar into honey by regurgitating the stored nectar and fanning it with their wings. Bees
also collect propolis, sap from the trees that they combine with wax to seal the hive from intruders.
Las abejas transforman el ne ctar en miel regurgitando el ne ctar almacenado y abanica ndolo con sus alas. Las
abejas tambie n recolectan propo leos, savia de los a rboles que combinan con cera para sellar la colmena de
los intrusos.
 Show students bee pollen and point out the different colors of the pollen.
10. Explain that different flowers have different-colored pollen and nectar, which affects the color of the honey.
11. Explain to students how the queen bee is replaced in the hive.
 The queen bee can die while mating.
La abeja reina puede morir mientras se aparea.

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