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Book 99
by Jerry Albert
Honeybees
All About
All About Series
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All About Honeybees
Author: Jerry Albert
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Photographs: cover M. Gabriel/Peter Arnold; back cover, p. 13 M Stock/Alamy;
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All About
Honeybees
by Jerry Albert
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In the Garden
The f lowers bloom
on a warm summer day.
You can hear the sound of bees
in the garden.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Little honeybees f ly
around the f lowers.
These bees are working!

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Something sweet is inside

the f lowers.
It is called nectar.

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The worker bees sip the nectar
from the f lowers.
Then they carry the nectar home.
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In the Hive
A bees home is called a hive.
Many, many bees live in a hive.
The inside of a hive
looks like a lot of little boxes.
The boxes are called cells.
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The bees put the nectar
into the little cells.
Then lots of bees flap their wings
very fast.
This dries out the nectar and
turns it into honey.
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Honey is food for bees,
but other animals like honey, too.
This bear wants to take honey
from the hive.
The bees sting the bear
to save their hive.
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Beekeepers
People like honey, too.
Beekeepers keep bees
in hives like these.
The bees bring nectar
to the hives.
Beekeepers take honey
from the hives.
They cover up so the bees
cannot sting them.
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Then the beekeepers put the honey
into bottles and jars.
It is a sweet and sticky treat!
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