In this presentation, I was to fill in five sentences with these types of phrases: 50, 90, removal of wildflowers and flowering trees, habitat loss, and extensive use of pesticides, hum, buzz, or drone and 54. Here is my filling in and I hope you enjoy!
● The word ‘bumblebee’ is a compound word (bumble + bee). The word ‘bumble’ means to hum, buzz, or drone.
● Bumblebees can fly very quickly. They can reach ground speeds of 54 kilometres per hour (km/h).
● Bumblebees are very strong! They carry up to 90 percent of their bodyweight in food with them to avoid starvation.
● Bumblebees can do more work and carry more pollen than other bees, including honeybees. In fact, they can do up to 50 times as much work as a normal honeybee.
● The number of bumblebees is declining in New Zealand due to a number of factors, including removal of wildflowers and flowering trees.
So that was it for todays task and I hope you enjoed most of my work. See you guys later!
Hi again Zephaniah,
ReplyDeleteWell done on filling in the blanks on the bumblebee activity. I appreciate that you explain beforehand what words you had to put into the sentences given. It's great to see you going the extra step with your writing. I learnt a number of facts about bumblebees from your post! I had no idea they could fly so fast. Imagine if a bumblebee flew into you at a speed of 54 kms, they'd surely get hurt?
Did you know that unlike in honeybees, a bumblebee's sting lacks barbs, so the bee can sting repeatedly without injuring itself? However, they aren't usually aggressive and would only sting if they felt threatened or someone hurt them. What was your favourite fact that you learnt from this activity?
Cheers,
Georgia