You may want to hang out some nests yourself, so you can slice open a straw and show your students what a solitary bee nest looks like. Bees are robust, hairy insects. They may have special structures such as pollen baskets on their legs to carry pollen. Show Poster 4. Bees pollinate crops that result in about a third of the food we eat.
Honey bees produce honey and beeswax.
Some people use bees and bee products for health reasons. Royal jelly and bee pollen are available from health food stores. See Information Sheet 21 for answers. See Information Sheet 1 for answers. Different kinds of bees collect pollen from different kinds of flowers.