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Bees are responsible for producing the ______ we breathe.
Bees are responsible for producing the ______ we breathe.
oxygen
True or false: Bees are responsible for producing the carbon dioxide we breathe.
True or false: Bees are responsible for producing the carbon dioxide we breathe.
False (B)
True or false: Bees are important for the pollination of plants and crops.
True or false: Bees are important for the pollination of plants and crops.
True (A)
True or false: Queen bees lay up to 200 eggs per day.
True or false: Queen bees lay up to 200 eggs per day.
Colony collapse, loss of habitat, pesticides, and climate change are causing a ______ in bee populations.
Colony collapse, loss of habitat, pesticides, and climate change are causing a ______ in bee populations.
The European honeybee is a social bee with three castes: queen, worker, and ______.
The European honeybee is a social bee with three castes: queen, worker, and ______.
True or false: Drones are female bees that perform other duties in the colony.
True or false: Drones are female bees that perform other duties in the colony.
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- Bees are important for pollination of plants and crops.
- The European honeybee is a social bee with three castes: queen, worker, and drone.
- Queen bees are the reproductive caste and lay up to 2,000 eggs per day.
- Worker bees are female and do not mate or lay eggs, but perform other duties in the colony.
- Drones are male bees and their only function is to mate with the queen.
- Colony collapse, loss of habitat, pesticides, and climate change are causing a decline in bee populations.
- 70 crops rely on bees for pollination.
- Bees are responsible for producing the oxygen we breathe.
- The death of bee populations could lead to ecological collapse.
- There are approximately 20,000 species of bees, with most being solitary.
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