Killer Bees- 杀人蜂

A Limerick about Killer Bees

Today I have a very fat killer bee

Angrily I kicked him out of the tree.

He stuck me with a stinger,

And I pocked him with a finger,

So he angrily flew back to the tree.

Richard

Generic questions:

1. What is the name of your animal? A: My animal name is killer bee

2. Does your animal have different names? A: My animal don’t have different name

3. Where did the animal get its name from? A: African honey bee and European honey bee mixed together

4. Does it have a Greek or Latin name as well A: ????

4. Which family does it belong to? A: It belongs insects

5. Why did you choose that animal? A: Because it stings people together

6. Which country did it originate from? A: It is from African

7. What kind of environment do they live in? A: Killer bee live in a bee hive

8. How many countries can it be found in now? A: Most killer bee is in America

9. What is the size of the animal? A: The size is 2 cm

10. How can I recognize your animal like an African honey bee, from an American honey Bee? A: ??????

11. How many stages in the animal / plant’s life cycle? A: It have 4 stages

12. What are the stages of the cycles that they go through? A: ?????

13. How long does each cycle go for? A: One year

14. What happens in each cycle? A: I don’t know

15. What are the names of each cycle? A: Egg, larva, pupa, adult

16. What is the life expectancy of the animal? A: 4 to 6 weeks

17. What predators do they have? A: Wasp, bats, birds, and spiders

18. What dangers do they face? A: Varroa mites are external honeybee parasites that attack both the adults and the brood, with a distinct preference for drone brood. They suck the blood from both the adults and the developing brood, weakening and shortening the life span of the ones on which they feed. Emerging brood may be deformed with missing legs or wings. Untreated infestations of varroa mites that are allowed to increase will kill honeybee colonies. Losses due to these parasitic mites are often confused with causes such as winter mortality and queenlessness if the colonies are not examined for mites.

19. What is their role in the food chain? A: Wasp bets and birds.

20. Do they help people in any way? A: They help us to make food

21. Does your animal have poison or some other form of self-defense? A: They bight people a lot

22. Can killer bees bight multiple times? A: They just can bight one time

23. How do killer bees get honey? A: They get honey by their self

24. How do the killer bees make a house? A: Scouts - When bees decide to move to a new home and begin a new colony, "scouts" head out to find a location. These bees are able to travel many miles form the original hive but still find the way back to the colony. Wild bees usually prefer rock crevices, hollow trees and other small, enclosed areas for hives. Once the scouts have found a suitable location, they return to the colony and lead the other bees there. The bees, including the queen, fill their stomachs with honey for the long journey to the site of the new nest. Food that is not digested is regurgitated and used as building materials for the new hive.

Forming the Hive - Once the bees arrive at the location of the new hive, they use honey from the previous nest to begin constructing new cells. By chewing up the honey until it is soft, beeswax is produced and is used to form hexagonal cells called honeycomb. These six-sided cells are used to store honey and for the Queen to lay eggs. Worker bees crowd together inside the hive to keep the temperature at a constant 86 to 95 degrees, the optimum temperature for producing both honey and young bees. With more bees produced by the queen, the hive produces more comb, honey and bees helping establish the new hive.