Buzzy Busy Bee

Bzz bzz. Hello! I am busy from the moment the sun peeks its golden head up from its bed to the moment the moon tells the sun it is time to sleep again. Finding flowers is my main job, and I work very hard. I use colour, scent and electrical signals to find that sweet pollen and nectar.

Like you, I have chores inside the hive, it must be kept clean of debris, and I have to make the little pots that hold the honey. Then there is processing the nectar and pollen into honey and keeping the hive warm at night.

Please don’t worry if you see me, I am so busy going about my duties for the day, but if I should come to peek at you, it may be because you are sweating. Sweat is sweet to bees, so don’t swat at me. Go about what you are doing, I may land on you to sip that sweet sweat, but I am not interested in hurting you. Oh! If you could plant some flowers for me, that would be a tremendous help. I must buzz off now and continue my work.

Your pet becomes an expert at finding its own food!

Many species of butterflies that migrate thousands of miles south in the fall do not return to their previous summer residences. One autumn a few clever butterflies devised a plan to make the long trip back home so they could be reunited with their friends again next year. The butterflies stitched a map of each leg of the journey, updating it whenever they stopped at a rest stop. A single strand of silk from their silkworm cousins kept the map securely attached to their abdomens.

After a long winter in sunny Mexico the butterflies studied the map carefully, took a big sip of nectar from their favorite flower, and off they went. Imagine the surprise of all their friends back home when they returned the following summer! The garden was abuzz with tales of their amazing journey. The butterflies’ stories were so inspirational that they all decided they wanted to experience that kind of epic road trip for themselves. Year after year, they planned destinations further and further away so they could challenge each other to set a new long-distance record.

Favorite food:

Honey

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