Fun For Kidz articles from May 2009

Fun For Kidz archives from May 2009

Busy bees.
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ouch! A bee just stung me. I shouldn't have swatted it away from me when I was swimming in the pool. My finger hurts, but sadly, now the bee is dead. A bee can only sting once. Then its life is over. Even though...

A-maze-ing bees.(word search)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... Make your way through the beehive letter maze by connecting letters to spell the following words in order: POLLINATORS, HIVE, QUEEN, WORKERS, COLONY, SWARM, BUZZ, STINGER, HONEY, FLYING INSECT, DRONES, ROYAL JELLY. You may move any direction,...

Fuzzy, buzzing dynamos.
May 1, 2009... What is fat and fuzzy and shouldn't fly, but does? If you guessed a bumblebee, you were right! This plump little bee must beat his wings 2 and 1/2 times faster than his cousin, the honeybee, just to stay in the air. That's 160 times a second!...

Riding the back roads with Max.(bees )(Column)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Max and his owners, Linda, Craig, and their seven-year-old son, Ed, are driving the back roads of America. Perhaps you have seen Max with his head out the window. I[ not, here is a letter describing his most recent...

Bees in the attic.(Short story)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Mom," Ben shouted, running downstairs. "We have bees in our house! I heard them humming in the walls." "Nonsense," Mom said, pouring honey onto Ben's cereal. "Bees live in hives, not houses. You've seen the...

Plant a bumblebee buffet.(making a wildflower garden)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Plant a wildflower garden and watch the bumblebees, observing their graceful ways. They look like jellybeans, hovering above the petals. Each bee gathers nectar and pollen found in the many wildfowers. This is how...

Who eats bees?
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you ever wondered who could eat a bee without getting stung? How could it be possible, and who would want to? Would you believe there are more than eight different kinds of animals that eat bees? They think bees...

The bees in Belize.(Poem)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The bees in Belize say, "No thank you and please," And they cover their noses and mouths when they sneeze. For the bees know it's right to be nice and polite. So the bees never yell, and the bees never fight. All...

Busy as a bee.(life cycle)
May 1, 2009... Have you ever heard of the expression "busy as a bee?" While it might not seem that an insect would have chores, their lives are full of them. Each bee has a special job to keep the colony going strong. Not only do other bees depend on them,...

To bee or not to bee.(tests)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All of the words below use the name "bee," but not all of them are the flying insect. Can you pick out the real bees? Circle the names of the different kinds of real bees. OKEECHOBEE BUSY BEE HUMBLEBEE WORKER BEE...

Your own giant honeybee!(Science)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We love bees! Well, to tell the truth, we love honey. We love honey on hot corn bread. We love peanut butter and honey sandwiches. We love honey on hot cereal. And because of this, we love honeybees. ...

The honey factory.
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To make one spoonful of honey, bees must visit 2,000 flowers. They collect a few drops of sweet liquid from the heart of each one. Some flowers make nectar at only one time during the day. Bees somehow know the right...

Honey-raisin cookies.
May 1, 2009... HONEY-RAISIN COOKIES [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In BOWL ONE put: * 3/4 cup honey or maple syrup (or any combination of the two that equals 3/4 cup) * 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce * 2 eggs...

Honeycomb puzzles.(Stunts & Puzzles)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Honeybees like to make their homes, called beehives, in dark, enclosed places, inside a hollow tree, for example. Another example is special wooden boxes made by beekeepers. Inside the hive...

Nectar News.(Poem)
May 1, 2009... Nectar News [ILLUSTRATION OMIITED] [ILLUSTRATION OMIITED] A waggle and a shake, a tremble here and there- [ILLUSTRATION OMIITED] [ILLUSTRATION OMIITED] That dancing honeybee has nectar ...

Quick as the queen.
May 1, 2009... See how quickly you can find these bee related words. Write the letters that are left uncircled in the boxes below, and they will reveal a bee fact. pollen pupa beeswax larva honey colony nectar beebread buzz worker hive drone ...

Bee toon.
May 1, 2009... OUR MOTTO KEEP BUSY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

What's the buzz?(test on gardening)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... Use the clues to fill in the flowers. The last letter of one answer is the first letter of the next answer. Then place the numbered letters in the boxes to see what these bees are buzzin' about! Clues: 1. windy month 2. garden tool 3....

Make the atom Smasher Wannabe.(how to make a Leyden Jar and electrical charges)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While this project won't really smash atoms, it is similar in principle to devices that actually do. Because of this, I have called it an "Atom Smasher Wannabe." What it does do is provide startling bright sparks...

Bee cartoon.
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I BOUGHT THE HONEY, BECAUSE I'M TAKING THE SUMMER OFF."

Bee--a busy word.(idiomatic expressions)
May 1, 2009... Bee: the word shows up in many everyday phrases. Some are self-explanatory, others have a history. "Busy as a bee" has been around since the time of poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400. Bees are always doing something. It's easy to imagine...

Solve the riddles.(bees)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... 1. What game do young bees like to play? To find the answer, decode the following by writing the letters from the alaphabet that come before the letters given: IJWF BOE TFFL 2. Who watches baby bees when the parents aren't at home?...

Stingers.(Poem)
May 1, 2009... Stingers If bees were born without stingers, How do you think it would be? Would you catch them in your open palm Instead of letting them fly free? Would you touch their furry bodies Against your soft and...

A honey of a hobby.(the practice of beekeeping)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clif Wright admits he's been stung before, but that doesn't stop him from the sweet hobby of beekeeping. Nestled in a quiet valley in southwest Nebraska, 10-year-old Clif is busy as a bee making sure everything is...

Cartoons & jokes.
May 1, 2009... It's true! A bee has 5000 nostrils! It's can smell an apple tree that's two miles away! I hope I'm still hungry by the time I get there. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Spelling bee [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Jokes.(bees)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... 1. What did one bee say to the bee that landed on her flower? Buzz off. 2. What did one bee call her best friend? honey 3. What's a bee's favorite hairdo? a beehive 4. What's a bee's favorite history topic? The...

Mystery picture puzzle.
May 1, 2009... bell goose lips envelope molar crown sheep flag (2) tepees diamond bread water drop lizard mushroom pear [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]