20 Simple Questions |
Answers to the 20 simple questions about honey bees |
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These are the answers that the first group of children gave.
Q. No. | Questions | or Answers | No. |
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Q 1 | When did you last see a bee? | ||
Various answers given | |||
Q 2 | What colour was that bee? | ||
Black & Yellow | 19 | ||
Orange and black | 1 | ||
Orangey-yellow-black | 1 | ||
Yellow & black/brown | 1 | ||
A kind of brown and black | 1 | ||
Yellow | 1 | ||
Yellow & brown | 1 | ||
Yellow, orange & black | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | ||
Q 3 | How many legs has a bee? | ||
Two legs | 3 | ||
SIX legs | 11 | ||
Fourteen legs | 1 | ||
Four legs | 4 | ||
Eight legs | 6 | ||
No legs | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | ||
Q 4 | How many wings has a bee? | ||
A pair of wings | 1 | ||
2 wings | 20 | ||
4 wings | 3 | ||
4 wings, I think | 1 | ||
Looks like 2 wings | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | ||
Q 5 | Where do bees live? | ||
In a hive | 25 | ||
In a honey country | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | ||
Q 6 | In what season of the year are we likely to see the greatest number of bees flying? | ||
In Summer | 17 | ||
In Spring | 1 | ||
In Autumn | 1 | ||
In Spring & Summer | 1 | ||
In April | 2 | ||
In June | 1 | ||
In May | 1 | ||
2 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 7 | We say that bees 'buzz', how do they make that sound? | ||
With their wings | 12 | ||
I do not know | 1 | ||
When they are angry or eating | 1 | ||
With their wings flapping very fast | 1 | ||
I think that is how they breathe | 1 | ||
Their wings move so fast it sounds like they are saying buzz | 1 | ||
With things on their heads | 1 | ||
Their wings bang together | 1 | ||
With their sting | 1 | ||
Buzz-buzz-bizz-bizz | 1 | ||
5 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 8 | Where do bees get food? | ||
From the flowers | 12 | ||
From Nectar in the flowers | 2 | ||
From honeycomb | 1 | ||
From the ground | 1 | ||
From Spring flowers | 1 | ||
They make honey | 2 | ||
From the hive | 3 | ||
From people | 1 | ||
From pollen | 1 | ||
From big flowers | 1 | ||
1 blank, Total | 26 | ||
Q 9 | How do they get that food? | ||
By sucking | 3 | ||
They suck it in | 1 | ||
They use their mouth | 1 | ||
They suck the honey out of the flowers | 1 | ||
They make it | 2 | ||
They suck the Nectar | 1 | ||
They take pollen and make honey from it | 1 | ||
They sting people | 1 | ||
They collect pollen and make honey from it | 1 | ||
They use their tail | 2 | ||
They work for it | 1 | ||
They use their nose | 1 | ||
They have a tube in their mouth and they put it into the flowers to get the pollen | 1 | ||
9 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 10 | Have bees any enemies? | ||
Yes | 21 | ||
I think so | 1 | ||
Question mark. -? | 1 | ||
3 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 11 | If you think they have, could you name them? | ||
People | 7 | ||
The other answers were groupings from the following:- wasps, birds, small animals, other Beehives, flies, dogs, cats, frogs. | 13 | ||
6 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 12 | In your opinion, how long might a bee live? | ||
10 years | 1 | ||
5 years | 2 | ||
3 years | 2 | ||
2 years | 1 | ||
1 year | 1 | ||
5 months | 3 | ||
2 months | 2 | ||
2 weeks | 1 | ||
1 month at most | 1 | ||
Forever, if lucky | 1 | ||
For a while | 1 | ||
Till it stings somebody | 2 | ||
Till the following year | 1 | ||
From Summer till Winter | 1 | ||
Till the next Summer | 1 | ||
5 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 13 | Why are some people afraid of bees? | ||
They sting | 20 | ||
I don't know | 1 | ||
Because they hurt | 1 | ||
Bees sting if they are annoyed | 1 | ||
Some people are allergic | 1 | ||
Some people get sick | 1 | ||
1 blank, Total | 26 | ||
Q 14 | Are you afraid of bees? | ||
Yes | 11 | ||
No | 7 | ||
No, I'm not afraid of any animal | 1 | ||
A little bit | 1 | ||
Sometimes | 1 | ||
Not really | 1 | ||
??? | 3 | ||
1 blank, Total | 26 | ||
Q 15 | Do you think bees are of any value to us human beings? | ||
Yes | 11 | ||
Yes of course | 1 | ||
Yes, and in some countries bee stings cure people | 1 | ||
Yes, for they make honey and spread seed from the flowers | 1 | ||
Yes, and some people get the sting to make them better | 1 | ||
They give us honey | 1 | ||
No | 8 | ||
2 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 16 | Why do you say 'Yes' or 'No'? | ||
Yes, because they give us honey | 2 | ||
Yes, because they make honey | 8 | ||
Yes, because they kill moths and things | 1 | ||
Yes, because they make food for us | 1 | ||
Yes, because they make honey and spread seed | 1 | ||
Yes, because they interest people | 1 | ||
Yes, because they show us how to make honey | 1 | ||
No, because they sting | 2 | ||
No, because they sting humans | 1 | ||
No, because they sting if you go near them | 1 | ||
No, because they don't kill insects | 2 | ||
5 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 17 | How do bees manage to survive during the cold of winter? | ||
They stay in the hive | 9 | ||
They stay in the hive and go out when hungry | 1 | ||
They hibernate | 5 | ||
They hide away | 1 | ||
They hibernate in an old house or tree or in a warm place | 1 | ||
They go to sleep till it is warmer outside | 1 | ||
They eat the honey in the hive | 1 | ||
7 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 18 | Do bees and wasps belong to the same family? | ||
No | 15 | ||
Yes | 7 | ||
Yes, because I have seen them | 1 | ||
I don't think so | 1 | ||
2 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 19 | At what months of the year are we most likely to see wasps? | ||
In Summer | 4 | ||
In August, Sept, October | 1 | ||
In March & April | 1 | ||
In July | 3 | ||
In Spring | 1 | ||
In Sept. because they will soon die, and they are angry | 1 | ||
In May, June, July | 2 | ||
In June & July | 2 | ||
In May | 3 | ||
In May, June, July, August | 1 | ||
In April, May, June and July | 1 | ||
In July to September | 1 | ||
Spring or Summer | 1 | ||
4 blanks, Total | 26 | ||
Q 20 | Bumble bees are bigger, smaller, or the same size as honey bees - which? | ||
They are the same size | 4 | ||
They are bigger | 15 | ||
They are bigger and fatter | 1 | ||
They are bigger I think | 1 | ||
They are smaller | 2 | ||
They are different sizes | 1 | ||
2 blanks, Total | 26 |
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Written... 03, 11, 12 May 2002, New Domain... 02 November 2003, Upgraded... 17 August 2004, Further Upgraded... 06 December 2007,
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