How the Honeybee Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the honeybee live?

   the oceans and the rivers that flow into them hives in meadows, gardens and forests around the world cold coastal waters of the North Pacific Ocean cool coastal waters in oceans around the world
2. Details Which of these does the honeybee eat?

   fallen fruit pollen deer spiders
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the honeybee use hairy legs with tiny baskets?

   They let it hover in one place and even fly backward. They carry pollen back to the hive. It stuns prey and drives away enemies. It picks up scents from several kilometers away.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   where the animal sleeps why some animals are in danger what it eats how its young grow up
5. Vocabulary The passage says the honeybee is a herbivore. What is a herbivore?

   an animal that eats other animals an animal that eats only plants an animal that eats both plants and animals an animal that sleeps all winter
6. Vocabulary In the passage, what does the word "pollen" mean?

   a fine yellow powder that flowers make a long, tube-shaped mouth part used for sucking shaped to move easily through water or air colors or patterns that help an animal blend in
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the honeybee's body suits its home?

   One reason the honeybee survives is hairy legs with tiny baskets, which carry pollen back to the hive. (Pollen means a fine yellow powder that flowers make.) It also has a stinger, which protects the hive from enemies. The honeybee is a herbivore, which means it is an animal that eats only plants. The honeybee makes its home in hives in meadows, gardens and forests around the world. Young honeybees are called larvae.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the honeybee have trouble surviving somewhere freezing cold?

   It would forget how to find its home. Its body and habits are suited to a place that is wide and open. Its young would be called something else. It would grow too big.

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