Bee Movie Worksheet

Name:______Stu# ______Period: ______Date: ______

Bee Movie Worksheet

“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of coarse, flies anyway. Because bees don’t care what humans think is impossible.”

In the movie how does the bee (Berry) communicate with his friends?

When bees sting someone or something, what happens to them?

Honey starts when?

Based on what you have learned in class, where does the pollen come from?

Bees have not had one day off in 27 million years. How long does this imply that bees have been around this earth?

Everything happens really fast in the movie (they go to grade school, high school and college for two days, etc). Why do you think it’s such a short period of time compared to the amount of time humans take do things?

One job forever “that’s an insane choice to make”. Why do you think Barry is having a problem with choosing?

Why do you think bees can’t fly in the rain?

What is Bee law #1?

How does the movie show that pollination occurs?

Figure 1 bee "foot" Why did the bee stick to the tennis ball (hint, look at the bee foot to the right)?

For what function might the foot adaption (as seen in the photo) be helpful? Name:______Stu# ______Period: ______Date: ______“Why does his life have any less value than yours – you do not know what he is capable of doing.” What do you think Vanessa meant by this?

Why did Vanessa stab herself with a fork?

How many pages are the bees’ limit ?

What was the name on the vehicle the mosquito jumped on to off the honey truck?

What did they use to knock out the bees in the hives?

Where can you sting humans where it really matters?

What is the name on the lawyer’s (Mr. Montgomery’s) car?

What is Berry’s argument about the honey?

Whey does me Montgomery say that Berry’s parents are not his own?

What was the final angle Berry used to arguer the case?

What happened to the plants when the bees stopped working (making honey)?

What happened to the bees when they stopped working?

In reality, what part of the plants life would be affected by the loss of bees and what would happen?

What happened to the flower shop when the bees stopped working and why? Name:______Stu# ______Period: ______Date: ______Bee Movie – Honors

Bee Facts: Honeybees (or hive bees) are in the animalia kingdom, the arthropoda phylum, the insecta class, the hymenoptera order and the apoidea family. Beekeepers are sometimes called apiarists. Honeybees and bumblebees (apidae subfamily) are social bees and live in colonies. Solitary bees make their own small family nests.

The domestic honeybee, Apis mellifera, is a colonial insect living in hives containing  one queen — a fertile female  a few drones (males)  thousands of workers (infertile females) The workers are responsible for:  keeping the hive clean  building the wax combs of the hive  tending the young and, when they get older (and when their for gene gets turned on — Link), foraging for food: nectar and pollen. While bees cannot recognize the color red, they do see ultraviolet colors. Bee communication includes the use chemical pheromones and “dancing”. Questions: 1. List three discrepancies between real honey bees and what was presented in the movie?

2. Describe an example of how the producer could have changed the movie and make it more accurate?

3. Why should bees not be able to fly?

4. “Small jobs if done very well make a big difference to everyone.” Can you think of a real life example of this?

5. Coevolution is the mutual evolutionary influence between two species (the evolution of two species totally dependent on each other). Each of the species involved exerts selective pressure on the other, so they evolve together. Coevolution is an extreme example of mutualism. If species evolve together, what do you think would happen if one of the species were to become extinct? Name:______Stu# ______Period: ______Date: ______

6. Does pollen make plants grow? Explain your answer and how the movie either did or did not support your idea?

7. But in the last 50 years the domesticated honeybee population has declined by about 50 percent, scientists say. Explain how this is going to impact everything including you?

Extra Credit: See if you can complete the diagram below: