20 Simple Questions
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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 | ||
Printed from Dave Cushman's website Live CD version
Written... 03, 11, 12 May 2002, New Domain... 02 November 2003, Upgraded... 17 August 2004, Further Upgraded... 06 December 2007,
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