Despite the title, here is a video that makes honey even sweeter! Biology scholars journey inside a beehive with a fascinating video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. Pupils learn about the social structure of a honey bee hive, how pollen becomes honey, and how much honey a single bee makes in her lifetime.

Concepts

honey bees, bees, honey, the queen bee, pollen, flowers, enzymes, sugar, glucose

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Add the video to an insect unit or to highlight honey in a nutrition lesson
• Follow up the resource with a look at types of and uses for honey throughout history

Classroom Considerations

• Make sure pupils are aware of how enzymes work, as well as the structure of different sugars

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Animated bees help convey the roles of worker and processor bees
• The narrator provides clear explanations of the chemical processes that occur inside bees to produce honey

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2